What Mitt Romney discovered in this election is something that should be taped on the wall of every white presidential hopeful for years to come: If you cater to angry white men as the foundation of your campaign, you will lose. The reason can be explained with one word: Demographics. There simply are not enough [...]
Minorities Make Up Less than 10 Percent of Large Campaign Donations
November 4, 2012 | Posted by
American minorities may speak with their votes come Election Day, but during the campaign season, many chose not to speak with their dollar. An analysis conducted by the Associated Press uncovered that the vast majority of sizable donations towards either campaign came from wealthy white neighborhoods. Though minorities and specifically Latino voters may be a [...]
New Voter Laws Could Disenfranchise 10 Mil Hispanics
September 24, 2012 | Posted by
Though much of the focus on the new voter laws has concentrated on their effects on African Americans, but a new study has concluded that the laws could keep 10 million Hispanics from voting in the November election. The study was conducted by the civil rights group the Advancement Project, which found that 23 states [...]
Obama to Address Latino Leaders a Day After Romney
June 22, 2012 | Posted by
President Barack Obama will address Hispanic leaders Friday, his first speech to a Latino group since he decreed that many young illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children would be exempted from deportation and granted work permits good for two years. The speech to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials [...]
President Obama’s Immigration Action Popular Among Hispanic Voters
June 19, 2012 | Posted by
A new poll of Hispanic voters demonstrates the huge boost that President Obama’s recent policy announcement on immigration has given to his re-election chances. Latinos were displeased with the president’s immigration policies before his announcement, primarily because his administration has deported more than 1.1 million people, the highest number for any president since the 1950s. [...]
Huge Numbers of Unregistered Hispanic Voters Could Impact Election
June 13, 2012 | Posted by
In 10 of the biggest states in the country, the number of eligible but unregistered Hispanic voters is far greater than Barack Obama’s margin of the margin over John McCain in 2008—indicating just how much potential there is in the Hispanic community to influence the election and why Republicans in many states have been trying [...]
