Latino Decisions Blog
The Supreme Court, Health Care Reform, and Latinos
By Jillian Medeiros, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New Mexico This week the Supreme Court has been debating the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, passed by President…
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Photo-ID in Texas
By Gabriel R. Sanchez, Stephen A. Nuño, and Matt A. Barreto Last week the Department of Justice blocked the Texas photo-identification law that requires voters in the state to show…
Evolution and Un-Intelligent Design: Why Latinos are Ahead of Barack Obama on Marriage Equality
On October 27, 2010, President Barack Obama famously said that his opinion on marriage equality for same-sex couples was “evolving.” As Joe Sudbay pointed out recently at the Huffington Post,…
Latino conservatives? GOP hopes misplaced
This article was originally published at USA Today One of the Newt Gingrich campaign’s top 10 reasons for why Latinos should support him for president is that “he shares our…
Gingrich Latino Puzzle
This article was originally published at NBC Latino Judging by the more than 400 “likes” on Newt Gingrich – Para Latinos Facebook, Newt Gingrich should do well with Latinos in…
Conference Call to Focus on Florida as First Major Latino State
Latino Community Tele-Forum: “The Latino Primary 2012” Conference Call to Focus on Florida as First Major Latino State MIAMI – The National Institute for Latino Policy will convene a national…
Latino Voters Go Beyond Immigration
This article originally appeared in the January 30, 2012 issue of The Nation magazine José Díaz-Balart, chief political analyst for Telemundo, had one important task during the September 7, 2011,…
Searching for a National Latino Leader
A recent blog to the Latino Decisions page noted that Susana Martinez and Marco Rubio, both mentioned as possible Vice Presidential candidates, were largely unknown by Latino voters. While somewhat…
Latina Moms in the 2012 Election
by Victoria DeFrancesco Soto Soccer moms were the go to gals in the 1996 Presidential election. Eight years later George W. Bush again looked to the ladies, zeroing in on…
Where do Republicans Go From Here?: Latino Outreach in a New Era of Politics
By Stephen A. Nuño, Northern Arizona University The greatest cliché in politics today as it relates to Latinos is the notion that Latinos are Republicans; they just don’t know it…
Latinos not very enthusiastic about the 2012 election
By Pilar Marrero – [email protected] | 2011-12-12 Click here to download slide-deck presentation from today’s webinar Click here to view the results from the December impreMedia/Latino Decisions poll LOS ANGELES,…
Their religion does not affect Latinos’ vote
By Pilar Marrero – [email protected] | 2011-12-8 Full Results From December Poll Posted Here LOS ANGELES, CA. – Because of the conservative philosophy of Latinos in the U.S. regarding family…
Latino Decisions and impreMedia to release new poll on Religion and Politics
Latino Decisions and impreMedia will be releasing data from a new survey focused on the Latino electorate’s attitudes regarding the role of religion in politics on Thursday, December 8, 2011….
Potential Latino VP Candidates Largely Unknown by Voters
One of the back stories of the GOP primary is whether any of the candidates vying to represent the Republican Party and challenge President Obama in 2012 can mobilize support…
Results From New Univision News/Latino Decisions Survey
A new Univision News/Latino Decisions poll conducted between October 21st and November 1st, 2011 provides the opportunity to gauge the candidate and policy preferences of the national electorate leading up…
Republican candidates do not resonate with Latinos
By Pilar Marrero – [email protected] | 2011-10-17 Results From Political Content of October Poll Posted Here LOS ANGELES, CA. – Although Latino voters have expressed some disappointment with President Obama…
Latinos support health care reform but not mandate
By Pilar Marrero– [email protected] | 2011-10-13 New Poll Results Posted Here LOS ANGELES, CA. – Latino voters have a complicated relationship with the health care reform law approved in March…
Perry in a Different Light: Tejanos and Education Policy
Everything in life is relative. Within the Republican presidential field Governor Rick Perry has come to be the Latino friendly candidate. Specifically, he has been cast as a Latino education…
A Response to Whit Ayres’ Response
By Gary Segura and Gabriel Sanchez Whit Ayers, of Ayres/McHenry, responded to the criticisms raised of his new poll of Latinos by making three points. 1) That language was not…
Despite Conservative Bias, Republican Poll Still Shows Disastrous Disadvantage for Republicans Among Latinos
On Friday, the GOP campaign consulting firm Ayres, McHenry, and Associates released a new poll sponsored by the Resurgent Republic—a GOP research and public affairs organization—and the Hispanic Leadership Network,…