Nov 9, 2010
While it is interesting to figure out where Latino politicians did well, or did badly, what Latino voters did is probably one of the more enduring stories of the 2010 race. Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois, Governor-elect Jerry Brown, re-elected senators Harry Reid, Michael Bennett and Barbara Boxer all...
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For Democrats, exit polling of voters in the Nov. 2 elections confirmed this positive trend for the party: For the third straight election, Latinos picked Democrats over Republicans by a ratio of about 2-to-1, strengthening the party's hold on this increasingly important voting bloc.
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Conventional wisdom says the Latino vote belongs to Democrats, but both parties have a stake in viewing these voters as individuals worth courting. The midterm elections offered some interesting insights into the voting patterns of this fast-growing demographic group.
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Nov 8, 2010
One reason California didn't follow national trends on Tuesday? Latinos. Jerry Brown won Latinos 73-18 in the governor's race. In Colorado, Sen. Michael Bennet survived his first election by less than 10,000 votes. And the state's growing Latino population (now at 12 percent of all voters) provided the margin.
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Nov 7, 2010
Hispanic voters saved the Democratic Party Tuesday — buoying Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, keeping California blue, playing an outsize role in preserving the party's Senate majority...But that support is anything but certain for 2012.
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Democrats who fought for a comprehensive bill this Congress were rewarded by Latino voters. On the other hand, they say Republicans who called for tougher border enforcement policies and increased deportation were punished. "In wave elections, both chambers usually flip. It's pretty remarkable that the Senate stayed in Democratic...
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Republicans snapped up an early win Tuesday night courtesy of Florida senatorial candidate, Marco Rubio. But there's no pretending that Rubio's victory is a sign that Republicans are making inroads with Latinos...Florida's Latino electorate is unique -- made up largely of Cuban Americans and Puerto Ricans, the two Hispanic...
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Democrats picked up a seat in the Legislature, won the governorship – and maybe all state offices – and re-elected a damaged U.S. senator... It's now a California where Latino voters have come into their own as a pivotal voting bloc, with the power to punish candidates seen as...
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Nov 5, 2010
Anti-immigration groups raised fears that illegal immigrants might steal the U.S. elections Tuesday by voting in droves. Those fears never materialized, and most voting experts say they weren't founded on any evidence of widespread voter fraud, especially by immigrants.
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Host Michel Martin talks with Matthew Barreto, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Washington and a pollster at the polling firm Latino Decisions, about the impact of the Latino vote in the 2010 midterm elections.
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