Latino Voters Want Respect, All Voters Want Solutions With the Supreme Court set to hear arguments for and against Arizona’s anti-immigration law, SB 1070, we turn to another court for its ruling—the court of public opinion. Polls show support for…

Politicians and Pundits Misread Public; Majorities Consistently Support Common Sense Immigration Reform Conventional wisdom holds that voters, especially Republican voters, are relentlessly hardline when it comes to immigration policy and reform.  Polls that present false choices over immigration—asking whether the government…

Updated December 2011 | PDFBy consistently strong majorities, Americans support comprehensive immigration reform.  Conventional wisdom has held that voters oppose this type of reform, but a look at opinion polls from 2008 to today proves that conventional wisdom is wrong.…

Republican Voters DO Support Common Sense Immigration Reform – Like Most Americans For years, anti-immigrant activists have scared Republican officials into thinking that GOP voters are rabidly anti-immigrant and oppose any candidate who supports common sense reform. The recent ascent…

Polling released from Latino Decisions and impreMedia shows that Latino voters prioritize immigration, and do so because they view the issue through a personal lens.  The findings hold important lessons for both political parties as the 2012 cycle begins.  Among the…

In May 2011, Pew Research Center released a poll, “Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology.” The new study is based on two surveys with a combined sample of 3,029 adults, conducted Feb. 22-Mar. 14, 2011 and a smaller callback…

Latino Decisions surveyed 500 registered voters between January 24th and February 5th in 21 states with the largest Hispanic populations, comprising 94% percent of the US Hispanic electorate.  Voters were selected randomly from the registered voter lists and households were…

Download PDF In November 2010, Latino Decisions conducted an election-eve poll of Latino voters in eight states, including Florida. The poll was conducted from October 28th-November 1st with 400 “extremely likely” registered voters in Florida; the margin of error is…