Obama Is Losing And Romney Is Alienating Latino Voters In Today’s Latino Political Headlines
A Diverse U.S. Population Will Not Guarantee Parity: The United States’ population is growing increasingly diverse, but the sharp demographic shift is unlikely to close the huge economic gap between Whites and people of color, according to an annual report issued by United For a Fair Economy, a nonpartisan think tank that studies wealth and power in the U.S.
Romney’s embrace of anti-immigrant activist killing hopes of winning Latino vote: One would think that an aspiring presidential candidate would realize that making a campaign appearance on Martin Luther King Day alongside someone said to have ties to a hate group is not a great idea.
Is Romney´s Campaign Giving Up on Expanding the Latino Vote?: Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign announced its first Spanish commercial on the same day that it proudly touted the endorsement by Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State and the brains behind all of the anti immigrant state laws that are so odious to most Latinos.
How Undocumented Immigrants Helped Change Phoenix’s City Council Race: Last year, Phoenix voters — even voters in ‘s own longtime district — passed former city councilman Claude Mattox up for mayor in favor (ultimately) of Greg Stanton, a left-of-center politician who advocates for a more humane approach to immigration reform.
Texas Voting Rights Case Underscores Racial Element of Partisanship: View: There’s no way to tell how the complex legal challenges will be resolved. The only thing certain about the whole mess is that Texas, which is required to have its districts precleared by either the Justice Department or a special panel of judges in Washington, will go through something very similar in 10 years, when it will redistrict again. All of which underscores the need to take redistricting powers away from legislatures and governors and put them in the hands of citizen commissions.
Obama’s Florida 2012 problem: Florida, with its growing Latino, youth and African-American populations, was supposed to be one of the more winnable battlegrounds for Barack Obama in 2012, with prospects a bit sunnier than in North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio. But it hasn’t turned out that way.
Hispanic leaders call for protection of public lands: Hispanic leaders from throughout the state have banded together to call for congressional leaders to enact federal legislation to protect public lands in southern New Mexico, such as the Organs; the Robledo Mountains, near Radium Springs; the Potrillo Mountains, and Sierra de las Uvas.
