The Trouble With a Latino Republican Balancing Act

The Trouble With a Latino Republican Balancing Act

Mary Mata October 29, 2010

Being a Latino Republican in this electoral cycle filled with anti-immigrant, often interpreted as anti-Latino, sentiment is tough.  Gerry Shih of The Bay Citizen writes about Californian Lieutenant Governor candidate Abel […]

Latinos Abandon Whitman, Affect Polling

Mary Mata October 28, 2010

Bloomberg is reporting that Latino voter erosion is affecting Republican Meg Whitman’s run for governor in California. She’s spent millions and millions of her own dollars on her campaign, but […]

Pew: Illegal Immigration Backlash Worries, Divides Latinos

Mary Mata

The Pew Hispanic Center released a report today finding that Latinos in the U.S. have renewed concerns over discrimination.  Read the report here. Here are some highlights: About four-in-five of the […]

Ask a Mexican Gives Voting Advice

Mary Mata

Just thought I’d share a little tid bit of voting advice from Ask a Mexican columnist Gustavo Arellano who shared on Facebook, enjoy:

Latino Police Officers Back CA Marijuana Initiative

Mary Mata October 27, 2010

The National Latino Officers Association is set to approve legalizing mota in California this week. As we previously reported, Latinos don’t smoke as much mota as whites but get arrested […]

Pew: U.S. Latino Voters Concentrated in Southwest

Mary Mata October 21, 2010

The Pew Hispanic Center used 2008 data to compile an interesting data set and map of where eligible Latino voters in the U.S. are located.  They also created an interactive […]

Fiorina & Whitman ‘Go Latino’ and Drink Tequila

Mary Mata October 11, 2010

The GOP has stooped to a new level of racial profiling in California, where gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and senatorial candidate Carly Fiorina tried to court Latino voters by drinking […]