A few pieces of good news for supporters of a more inclusive immigration policy: Harry Reid beat out Sharron Angle (R), who ran a campaign that relied heavily on anti-illegal immigration rhetoric, and immigration hawk Tom Tancredo lost the race for Colorado governor.
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As the Western returns come in tonight, look out for the possibility of a Latino surprise. Matt Barreto, who does the LatinoDecisions tracking poll, told me that Latino turnout is running higher than expected and going even more to the Democrats than it did in 2008, when it was...
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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 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 leading up to tomorrow's historic election. While some of this is...
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As voters head to the polls today after a year of competitive primary elections and anti-Washington anger there's little doubt Republicans will make significant advances in Congress. The only question left: how significant?
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On Friday we sent out an alert asking for help to stop Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his "grassroots army" from intimidating Hispanic voters in Arizona. Hours later, the DOJ announced that officials were being sent to monitor elections in 30 jurisdictions—including Sheriff Joe Arpaio's! Thank you for your support....
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The GOP's intransigence on DREAM and active promotion of Arizona's law and copycat laws have made the case to Latinos more forcefully than Democrats ever could about the need to vote on Tuesday.
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In an election year when Democrats are accusing the GOP of being anti-immigrant, Hispanic candidates are poised to make historic gains Tuesday – on the Republican ticket.
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Last Friday we asked for help to make sure that Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his volunteer "army" would not be intimidating Latino voters out of participating in the cornerstone of our democracy: voting. We asked our supporters to send a message to the DOJ to send monitors down to...
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Oct 31, 2010
Federal observers and officials from the U.S. Department of Justice will monitor polls at Maricopa, Apache and Navajo counties on Election Day as voters cast their ballots for congressional, state and local candidates and 10 ballot propositions.
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