11/09/12 No less important than Sean Hannity saying he has “evolved” on immigration and now supports a “pathway to citizenship” is the press conference Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) held today, calling on Congress and President Obama to pass comprehensive immigration reform. As Udall said in a statement: America is better and stronger because of its immigrants. [...]
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11/09/12 Leading Republican and conservative voices are coming to terms with the political imperative that the Party must evolve on immigration reform. According to Frank Sharry: The tectonic plates are shifting on immigration.  The fact that leading movement conservative voices are joining Republican leaders in calling for immigration reform that includes relief for the 11 million [...]
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11/09/12 The 2012 elections demonstrate that, as the rest of the country takes note of the growing impact of Latino and new citizen voters, they should look to swing states like Arizona, Florida, Colorado, and New Mexico to see what that change could mean. Newly-released election-eve polling from impreMedia and Latino Decisions – which surveyed Latino voters nationally and [...]
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11/09/12 Yesterday, United We DREAM hosted a call reiterating what just about everyone has been saying since Mitt Romney lost the presidency to Obama: the Latino vote matters, and the anti-immigrant agenda has failed.  Unless Republicans want to remain uncompetitive for generations to come, they must moderate their positions on Latino and immigrant issues. As Lorella [...]
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11/08/12 The Maryland DREAM Act won broad support in a state referendum this week, which means that Maryland DREAMers will continue to benefit from increased access to higher education in the state.  Thanks to voters in Maryland, the immigrant rights movement took another step forward at the ballot box. According to In These Times: In Maryland, [...]
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11/08/12 As observers digest the 2012 election results, a consensus is emerging – from across the political spectrum – that both parties need to work together to pass common sense immigration reform. The realization is sinking in that the overwhelming importance of Latino voters this cycle and the role of immigration in driving Latinos away from [...]
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11/07/12 The 2012 elections demonstrate that Latino and new citizen voters are changing politics.  In 2012, Latino voters turned out like never before, comprising an  estimated 10% of the overall electorate.  This heavy Latino turnout, combined with the historic 75%-23% margin in favor of President Obama over Mitt Romney, was one of the keys to President Obama’s re-election and [...]
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11/07/12 Both mainstream political pundits and leading conservative voices are recognizing that the Republican Party’s anti-immigrant brand image and poor standing among Latino voters may just have cost them the presidency in 2012.  What’s more, the demographic writing is on the wall: unless the Republican Party changes its stripes on immigration, the GOP’s “Latino problem” will [...]
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11/07/12 It is hard to overstate the influence of Latino voters in shaping the results of the 2012 elections.  They played a critical role in re-electing President Obama and in saving the Democratic majority in the Senate, again.  And immigration clearly was one if the main issues that produced unprecedented Latino turnout levels and historic levels of [...]
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11/06/12 Cross-posted at Latino Decisions, Latino Vote Matters, and Daily Kos:  impreMedia and Latino Decisions have now released polling data of Latino voters in 5 eastern states with influential Latino voting populations: Florida, Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina and Massachusetts.  Full results for these states can be found under Recent Polls here: www.latinodecisions.com/recent-polls/ and further detail can be found [...]
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11/06/12 The media-sponsored exit polling has a good reputation for many things, but a terrible reputation when it comes to capturing Latino voting behavior.  This is precisely why ImpreMedia, a leading Spanish language media company, is sponsoring Election Eve polling of Latino voters – nationwide and in 11 key states. Tonight’s first example of how this [...]
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11/06/12 ImpreMedia, one of the nation’s premier Spanish-language media companies, has teamed with Latino Decisions to conduct an extensive Election Eve poll of Latino voters.  Latino Decisions has completed 5,600 interviews with Latinos who have already voted or were certain to vote – nationally and in the following states: AZ, CA, CO, FL, MA, NC, NM, [...]
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11/06/12 Cross-posted at Latino Decisions, Latino Vote Matters, and Daily Kos:  The ImpreMedia-Latino Decisions Election Eve Poll of 5,600 Latino voters has indicated that the Economy/Jobs and Immigration were the most important issues to Latino voters in 2012. As indicated in the figure below, 53% of Latino voters nationally who were surveyed  during the final days of the [...]
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11/06/12 If you’re a Maryland voter this Election Day, please also remember to vote FOR Question 4, which will protect the tuition bill widely known as the Maryland DREAM Act!  Here’s EJ Dionne writing about it in this morning’s Washington Post: A “yes” vote on Question 4 would ratify a state law that would make some [...]
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11/06/12 Much attention is being paid today to the political horse race, the polls, and the impending conclusion of the 2012 presidential race.  But Election Day, at its most basic roots, is about the voters—and one of the very first voters this morning in Alexandria, Virginia, was our own Ana Betances, the newest member of America’s [...]
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11/06/12 Today, ImpreMedia/Latino Decisions is releasing its 2012 Latino Election Eve Poll at a new site: www.LatinoVote2012.com. The site is now live. The poll was conducted of Latino voters nationwide and in 11 states: AZ, CA, CO, FL, MA, NV, NM, NC, OH, TX and VA. Results will be released throughout the day on this website [...]
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11/05/12 Cross-posted at Latino Decisions, Latino Vote Matters, and Daily Kos:  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 for presidential vote choice have been quite stable, leading us to our final projection for a breakdown among actual [...]
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11/05/12 It’s Election Day TOMORROW, November 6th! If you haven’t voted yet, please make sure to vote.  Election Day is the day we uphold our democracy–and make choices that reflect our priorities and values. Click here to find your polling location and a host of other useful info: http://veyvota.yaeshora.info/places Here are some additional resources: 1)  On [...]
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11/05/12 The Wall Street Journal‘s front-page headline on November 1st read “Election May Hinge on Latino Turnout.” If true, Mitt Romney should start working on his concession speech. With respect to Latino voters, the two key factors to consider are margin and mobilization. Regarding margin, the most recent impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll shows that Obama is crushing Romney by 73 percent [...]
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11/05/12 Cross-posted at Latino Decisions, Latino Vote Matters, and Daily Kos:  impreMedia & Latino Decisions today released the last in a series of 11 weekly tracking polls with results suggesting President Obama is poised to win a record high share of the Latino vote, and in turn likely to win key swing states and enough electoral [...]
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11/02/12 Yesterday we lifted up a Wall Street Journal article highlighting the DREAMers’ tireless efforts around the nation this election season, and one of the campaigns they’ve worked on the hardest is the Brian Bilbray – Scott Peters race in San Diego.  They even recorded Spanish-language radio ads to to let Latino voters know where the [...]
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11/02/12 National Journal’s Ron Brownstein writes about the changing demographics in the United States — and how that impacts elections. He notes that Latinos, the fastest growing voting bloc, are a key to the future. And a number of Republican strategists are deeply worried about their party’s chances in that diverse future, unless something changes on [...]
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11/02/12 Cross-posted at Latino Decisions, Latino Vote Matters, and Daily Kos:  We have conducted extensive analysis throughout the campaign season focused on the Latino electorate and our blogs have repeatedly argued that Latino Voters will be a major force in deciding who will be the next President of the United States. With only hours before election [...]
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11/01/12 In the last few weeks, much attention has been paid to the importance of the Latino vote and its crucial effects on the upcoming election next week.  Also important are the people who are pushing the Latino vote to turn out—in many cases, DREAMers, who cannot vote but who are encouraging members of their community [...]
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11/01/12 Yesterday, America’s Voice released an updated analysis of key races where Latino voters and immigration will play a key role. Here’s the information on the the key Senate race in Florida: Candidates: Rep. Connie Mack IV (R) v. Sen. Bill Nelson (D), incumbent Rating: Lean Democratic (Cook Political Report, 10/4/12) Latino Eligible Voter Population: 17.7% (Teixeira/Frey) Asian Voting Age [...]
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11/01/12 The Wall Street Journal today published a front-page story titled “Election May Hinge on Latino Turnout.”  Reporters Peter Nicholas and Colleen McCain assert that, should President Obama win re-election, Latino voters could end up being decisive. In exploring what motivates and influences Latino voters, the Journal article joins an array of voices making the case [...]
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