Oct 22, 2012
Campaigns and political observers are in agreement that Latino voters will be one of the key factors in this year’s presidential race. As we have pointed out, Latino voters’ influence will hinge on both margin (head-to-head polling) and mobilization (eventual turnout). While margin has remained relatively unchanged in the presidential matchup, with President Obama...
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Cross-posted at Daily Kos. As the final days of the 2012 campaign draw near, America’s Voice is launching a six-figure radio and online ad buy to inform Arizona and San Diego Latino voters about the immigration positions taken by some of their local candidates Starting today, the ads will...
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New Ads Running Through Election Day to Highlight Immigration’s Role in AZ Senate, Arpaio Sheriff Race, & Bilbray’s CA-52 House Race As the final days of the 2012 campaign draw near, America’s Voice is launching a six-figure radio and online ad buy to inform Arizona and San Diego Latino...
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UPDATED: Univision just published a fact-check on this ad. Here’s an excerpt: “And to achieve permanent solutions for undocumented youth.” During the primaries, Romney said he would veto the current version of the DREAM Act, which would have given undocumented youth a special path to citizenship for those that...
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Today’s New York Times has a front page article titled, “Campaigns See Latino Voters as Deciders in 3 Key States,” discussing the Latino vote in Colorado, Florida and Nevada. From the headline, one might get the impression that the battle for the Latino vote in those three states is actually...
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Oct 18, 2012
The exchange on immigration during the second presidential debate has misled some observers into believing that Mitt Romney has softened his position on immigration. Unfortunately, that is not the case. His strategy the other night–as it has been the entire general election season when it comes to immigration–was to wrap his...
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Maribel Hastings is a senior adviser to America’s Voice: WASHINGTON—When immigration finally came up as a topic in a presidential debate, Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s response earned him the title of Cynic-in-Chief. He continued to attack President Barack Obama for failing to pass an immigration reform bill that neither...
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Today, at a live streamed panel at the University of New Mexico’s main campus, national political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from New Mexico discussed how Latino voters and the immigration issue will shape the presidential and Senate races in this state and beyond. Gabriel Sanchez, Associate Professor at the University of...
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New Poll from Latino Decisions Reveals that Immigration is a Top Issue and Latino Voters Overwhelmingly Support Modified Driver’s License Proposal Today, at a live streamed panel at the University of New Mexico’s main campus, national political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from New Mexico discussed how Latino voters...
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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 New Mexico. The polling will answer questions about which candidate these segments of the electorate are supporting,...
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