The Race For The Hispanic Vote

by Melissa del Bosque For at least a decade, Texas Democrats have waited for the state’s emerging Latino majority to boost them back to power. Hispanics are now 38 percent […]

We at News Taco have been doing our best to keep you informed of redistricting battles affecting Latino population areas (really redistricting affects all Latinos everywhere, but that’s a pretty […]

The Latino vote is the vote to lose for both Democrats and Republicans. There are two main ways this can be done, political scientist Luis Fraga, who is Associate Vice Provost for […]

My favorite dish that my wife, Becky, prepares is Carne de Puerco en Chile Colorado. Suffice it to say that her carrot cake hooked me and this dish reeled me […]

[Editor’s Note: The following post is courtesy of the National Institute for Latino Policy] By Victor Vazquez-Hernandez In March 11, 2011, the report of the President’s White House Task Force […]

How do pollsters accurately gauge Latino voter interest? We wrote last week that there was a question as to whether polling based on Spanish surname was the best methodology, or […]

Immigrants’ List (IL), a bipartisan political action committee, recently revealed the names of 10 Washington politicians who made it into their “Immigration Hall of Shame.” These politicians, both Republicans and […]

President Barack Obama is asking Latino celebrities to help him overhaul the nation’s immigration system. Yes, it’s true. For some reason, the president feels that enlisting celebrities — as opposed […]

A recent article in the Washington Post says that 14.7 million Latinos sat out the 2010 midterm elections. I’m not sure that that’s entirely accurate. The numbers come from the Pew Hispanic Center, but […]

The Pew Hispanic Center released a report today, “The Latino Electorate in 2010: More Voters, More Non-Voters,” which has been variously reported in the media as meaning that Latinos either […]