They flexed their muscle at the ballot box last month, but it’s been the rise of their ability to raise large sums of money that has been equally-as-pivotal in the rapid Latino accumulation of political might. The Futuro Fund, organized by television star Eva Longoria, San Antonio architectural-design-firm owner Henry Muñoz III and San Juan [...]
Presidential Poll Shows Large Racial Chasm: Blacks For Obama, Whites For Romney
November 1, 2012 | Posted by
A Pew Research Center poll released this week found a racial chasm possibly of historic proportions among white Americans and those of color in their support of President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The study found that 57 percent of whites planned to vote for Romney, compared to only 37 percent for Obama. [...]
Are Blacks and Latinos Undercounted in the Polls?
September 25, 2012 | Posted by
With November fast approaching, the accuracy of voter metrics is growing more important to both media outlets and campaign planners. Keeping track of poll scores will be a high priority for American media as they try to predict the outcome of the presidential election, but the results of these polls often go unquestioned. Keli Goff [...]
Study: Majority of Blacks Believe Being Gay is a Choice
September 20, 2012 | Posted by
While black and Latino media outlets are overwhelmingly supportive of gay issues in their coverage, more blacks believe that homosexuality is a choice than the country at large, according to a new report by the Opportunity Agenda. The group analyzed available public opinion research to get a overall view of how the country’s opinions of [...]
Romney Makes His Case to Latinos in Univision Forum
September 19, 2012 | Posted by
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appeared at a “Meet the Candidate” forum sponsored by Univision intent on moving away from the negative news that has dogged him this week and carving out some of President Obama’s huge lead among Latinos. Romney said repeatedly during his opening monologue that his campaign is “about the 100 percent,” [...]
Obama or Romney—Polls Swayed By Black and Hispanic Turnout
June 24, 2012 | Posted by
The national polls on the presidential election continue to be all over the place, with results ranging from President Obama with a 13-point lead in a Bloomberg poll to a Rasmussen poll that even has Republican Mitt Romney with a 5-point advantage. But once again the polls are likely to be extremely inaccurate because they [...]
President Obama May Win Arizona With Hispanic Support
June 20, 2012 | Posted by
On the heels of President Obama’s executive order granting two-year renewable amnesty protections to young illegal immigrants, many Hispanics in Arizona believe the president actually has a chance to win the state, a hotbed for radical Republican ideas. While Arizona has received plenty of notoriety in recent years for measures such as the one that [...]
