Latino Voters Poised to Influence the Next Congress

Latino Voters Poised to Influence the Next Congress

Mary Mata November 8, 2012

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi A day after the Election, Hispanic leaders asserted that Latino voters are on the rise, while noting that the community is poised to influence a new direction […]

Arpaio Opponents Raise Concerns About Provisional Ballots

Mary Mata November 7, 2012

By Valeria Fernández, New America Media PHOENIX, Ariz. – Democrat Paul Penzone conceded the Maricopa County sheriff’s race to Sheriff Joe Arpaio Tuesday night. As of midnight, 80-year-old Arpaio had 53 […]

The Latino Vote Was Crucial in Obama’s Re-election

Mary Mata

By Emilio C. Sanchez, Voxxi The first figures about the Latino vote show that a vast majority of Hispanics supported President Obama in his re-election. “Viva Obama” was the headline in “The Huffington Post” […]

Election 2012: What’s at Stake for Latino Voters

Mary Mata November 6, 2012

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi On Election Day, there are two distinct paths that are at stake for Latino voters: One being the president’s policies as he heads into the second term […]

Election Vote Predict Final Model: Obama 72.9 – Romney 27.1

Mary Mata

By Gabriel Sanchez, Latino Decisions Final LD Vote and Turnout Predict Projections: Record-breaking Turnout and Lopsided Support for Obama among Latinos Over the final several weeks of polling (Figure 1), the LD Vote Predict estimates […]

Binders Full of Voters: Activating the Texas Electorate

Mary Mata

By Peter Malof, Public News Service HOUSTON, Texas – Some are retired, some are students. Some are paid, others volunteer. Yet they all share a single goal. For weeks, a wide […]

Election Post-Scripts as Tea Leaves and Footnotes

Mary Mata November 5, 2012

By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino Whether President Obama wins re-election tomorrow, some electoral post-scripts will be engaged immediately.  We will know if the HispanicLatino vote was important as expected, especially in […]

Polls: Obama Leads, but Still Needs Latino Vote to Win

Mary Mata

By Raisa Camargo, Voxxi At the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic confidence is rising on the prospect of Obama’s reelection with several supporters signaling that victory will be on the back of […]

One Day Before the Election, How You Can Be More Involved

NewsTaco

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco With just a day left before election day many NewsTaco readers have been asking what they can do to help get Latino voters to the polls. […]

Election 2012 and the Deep Racial Divide

NewsTaco November 2, 2012

By Edward Wyckoff Williams, New America Media (The Root) — Last week, four-star retired general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama’s re-election bid. Powell, a lifelong Republican, broke […]