Obama’s polling numbers have slipped slightly since the first presidential debate, including among Latinos. Romney aides this week, however, apparently decided that to attribute to a more endemic factor than a poor debate presence—they’re trying to claim that Obama is not “macho” enough for Latino voters. As Buzzfeed reported...
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While immigration has not yet been raised as a topic in this year’s general election debates, Mitt Romney and President Obama are taking the stage again tonight, and we hope that immigration reform is on the agenda. It’s an issue where the two candidates have very different view, and an...
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Over the weekend, The New York Time’s polling guru, Nate Silver, asked whether polls are underestimating the effect of the Hispanic vote. The answer appears to be yes. Silver spoke with Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions, who looked at some of the polling that has been conducted this year...
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Today, at a live streamed panel held at George Mason University (which was co-sponsored by the GMU Department of Public and International Affairs and the Middle East Studies Program) national political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from Virginia discussed how Latino voters and the immigration issue will shape the presidential and Senate...
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Editor’s Note: You can tune in to a live-stream broadcast today at noon Eastern to hear about a new poll of Virginia Latinos from Latino Decisions, and how Latinos here view the Presidential and Senate candidates. Information available below. With presidential and down-ballot campaigns in overdrive to appeal to...
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By Latino Decisions and Latino Vote Matters: ImpreMedia & Latino Decisions released the latest in a series of tracking polls today revealing support for President Obama slipped from 72% last week to 67% this week, suggesting that his debate performance also led some Latino voters to re-evaluate the President....
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This week, America’s Voice with Latino Decisions is finishing our series of releases on polling information about Latino voters in key swing states. Today, we are releasing new data about Latino voters in Virginia. The polling will answer questions about which candidate these segments of the electorate are supporting,...
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The contentious race between 14-term Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA) and 8-term Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) in California’s 30th congressional district took a bizarre turn yesterday, as Rep. Sherman physically confronted Rep. Berman and questioned his leadership role in drafting the DREAM Act. As video documents, Rep. Sherman put his arm around Rep....
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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is the self-styled leader of the dwindling anti-immigrant movement. After the Arizona and Alabama laws he crafted were found mostly unconstitutional (except for their “show me your papers” provisions), Kobach launched a new vendetta. This time, he’s going after DREAMers, in the form...
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Spurred by his first debate performance, some observers argue that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has started to “move to the middle” on a variety of issues, including immigration. For example, Karen Tumulty’s front-page headline today in the Washington Post was said, “Romney shifts to more moderate stances on...
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