Tonight, Latino Decisions will release election eve polling in eight states that shows immigration and anti-immigrant campaigning played a major role in mobilizing Latino voters this cycle. This important research, conducted in eight states, will add a new dimension to publicly-available exit polls. The data will reveal...
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In an interview yesterday with Univision's Jorge Ramos, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said that he would bring the DREAM Act to a vote in the "lame duck" session after the midterm elections, regardless of the election results. Meanwhile, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a...
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In an election season filled with races in which Latino voters could make a difference, Latino Decisions' final weekly tracking poll shows that Latino voters have become more engaged and enthusiastic about voting in the final weeks. While some of this is undoubtedly attributable to increased talk...
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Oct 29, 2010
The 2010 mid-term campaign season is shaping up to be the most vicious, vitriolic election cycle in recent memory. The issue of immigration is a perfect example. Distortions, lies, and stereotypes dominate the airwaves when it comes to immigrants and Latinos. From threats of violence against...
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Today the Pew Hispanic Center released a report with the title "Illegal Immigration Backlash Worries, Divides Latinos." And an article by USA Today mimicked the Pew Hispanic Center's framing with the headline "Hispanics in U.S. More Divided Over Illegal Immigrants." Similarly, a piece by CNN.com...
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As if the content and implications of Arizona's "papers, please" anti-immigration and anti-Latino law were not offensive enough, a new investigative journalism report from National Public Radio adds a shocking and disturbing element to the story. According to NPR's investigation, major private prison contractors were the architects and...
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In a year marked by Republican obstructionism of immigration reform in Congress, enactment of the anti-Latino "papers, please" law by a Republican legislature and governor in Arizona, and ugly anti-immigrant campaigning by GOP candidates across the nation, America's Voice, Campaign for Community Change, and Mi Familia Vota Civic Participation...
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America's Voice and Illinois Immigrant Action have teamed up to produce a humorous new viral online video to encourage young Latinos in the state to vote in the toss-up US Senate election on November 2nd. Latino voters could make the difference in this too-close-to-call race. The...
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