In an interview with Spanish news agency EFE yesterday, Otto Reich, a Mitt Romney campaign surrogate for Latin America, attributed Romney’s low level of support among Latino voters to his belief that Latino voters “are not well informed.” Reich further lamented that “We’re not communicating (with those voters) as we should”...
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Frank Sharry: “It’s Self-Delusion for the Romney Campaign to Believe Self-Deportation Isn’t at the Heart of Their Latino Voter Problems.” In an interview with Spanish news agency EFE yesterday, Otto Reich, a Mitt Romney campaign surrogate for Latin America, attributed Romney’s low level of support among Latino voters to his belief...
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Cross-Posted at Latino Decisions, Latino Vote Matters, and Daily Kos: In 1998 Harry Pachon and Rudy de la Garza wrote a report for the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute titled “Why Pollsters Missed the Latino Vote – Again!” in which they argued that polls across California failed to accurately account for...
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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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Latino Decisions Finds High Latino Voter Enthusiasm & Offers Important Methodological Point Re Latino Polling Campaigns and political observers are in agreement that Latino voters’ behavior will be one of the key factors in deciding who wins the presidential race. As we have pointed out, Latino voters’ influence will...
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Oct 19, 2012
Por Maribel Hastings, asesora ejecutiva de America’s Voice: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Aún en un estado gobernado por una republicana hispana, Susana Martínez, un 69% de los votantes hispanos de Nuevo México planifica votar por el presidente Barack Obama comparado con 24% que piensa hacerlo por el contendor republicano Mitt...
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George W. Bush = 54% Latino Protestant Support in ’04: Mitt Romney = 33% Latino Protestant Support in New Pew Polling President Ronald Reagan famously said, “Latinos are Republicans — they just don’t know it yet.” With respect to the Gipper, we’d like to make a slight edit to...
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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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