Latino Vote

While most analysis of immigration politics has focused on Arizona lately, both parties should take note of the results of last Tuesday's gubernatorial primary in Florida. In states with a significant Latino presence, there is a steep price to pay for ugly immigration politics. Continue »

This isn't inaction, it's bad action. President Obama has continued many of the worst enforcement policies of President Bush. Both the Obama Administration and congressional Democrats have fallen prey to the border-first mantra of the GOP. In an election year where swing voters are looking for solutions and Latino... Continue »

President Barack Obama has lost the most trusted man in the Hispanic media. Univision's Jorge Ramos, an anchor on the nation's largest Spanish-language television network, says Obama broke his promise to produce an immigration reform bill within a year of taking office. Continue »

Meg Whitman's campaign for California governor is ramping up its efforts to woo Latino voters. Whitman released a new Spanish-language ad yesterday focused on job creation. She's also run a string of recent ads with Spanish subtitles declaring her opposition to the Arizona immigration law and featuring Latino... Continue »

Latinos represent 21.1% of California's registered voters and Latino turnout has increased greatly over the past decade. When Proposition 187 was enacted in 1994, it created a backlash among Latino voters who turned against the state Republican Party that championed the measure. Since then, Republican candidates have... Continue »