It's not a dinner table topic for many of them, or the sole issue that will influence whom they support for president in November. But Latinos still listen closely to what candidates say about immigration.
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According to a new poll from FOX News, "Latino voters favor President Barack Obama by six-to-one over any of the Republican presidential hopefuls." None of the GOP hopefuls garner more than 14% of the Latino vote against Obama.
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Feb 21, 2012
Conventional wisdom holds that voters, especially Republican voters, are relentlessly hardline when it comes to immigration policy and reform. Polls that present false choices over immigration—asking whether the government should focus on enforcing immigration laws OR legalizing undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria—only serve to confirm that flawed...
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Today at 10:30 AM, Gary Segura & Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions are taking about how the Latino vote will affect both Republicans and Democrats in the elections this year. My colleague, Van Le, is live-tweeting from the event via @americasvoice -- check out her tweets for more!
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Republican caucus attendees in Nevada chose Mitt Romney to carry their standard (and delegates) in the campaign for the presidential nomination, and all eyes there are now fixed on November's general election.
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On the eve of the Florida GOP primary, Mamiverse released a poll of Latino moms in the state. There's not much good news for Republicans. And, for this group of voters, the DREAM Act is the "game-changer."
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In case you missed, it over the holiday weekend, Mitt Romeny told Iowa caucus voters that he would veto the DREAM Act if elected president. We all knew Romney was running to the far right on immigration in Iowa, but this was his most definitive stance to date.
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Immigration is getting a disproportionate amount of attention in the race for the 2012 presidential nomination and the rhetoric used by candidates is likely to chase voters away, according to organizations supporting what they call "commonsense" immigration reform.
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Mass deportations and no path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants: If you watch the latest Republican presidential candidate debate tonight, that's what most of the candidates' positions would tell you. But that's not how most Americans think that the immigration issue should be resolved, according to new polls released...
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For years, anti-immigrant activists have scared Republican officials into thinking that GOP voters are rabidly anti-immigrant and oppose any candidate who supports common sense reform. The recent ascent of Newt Gingrich, who has weathered attacks from enforcement-only candidate Mitt Romney over his immigration position, demonstrates conclusively that this line...
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