12/10/12 As politicians begin discussing immigration reform legislation for next year, one thing is crystal clear: citizenship is the solution. And according to a new national poll, a majority of the American people support it: A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground poll finds that 62 percent of those surveyed support an immigration reform proposal that would allow illegal or [...]
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12/05/12 In an interview with CQ yesterday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reiterated his support for comprehensive immigration reform and even “suggested that he could support citizenship…with preconditions, including an emphasis on granting citizenship first to immigrants who are currently waiting to receive it,” writes CQ reporter, John Gramlich.  Said Graham, “I don’t like the European model [...]
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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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10/29/12 Earlier today, ImpreMedia/Latino Decisions released its latest tracking poll of the Presidential race, finding that Obama leads Romney by a whopping 73% – 21% margin among Latino voters. Much of the focus is, of course, on the key battleground states, including Colorado, Florida, Nevada, and Virginia, where Latinos comprise key voting blocs. As we’ve reported, a number [...]
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10/24/12 With Latino voters playing such a critical role in the 2012 political cycle, we offer some important numbers regarding Latino voter projections, Latino polling and methodology, and the relationship between Latino voter behavior and immigration: 74% to 26%: Latino Decisions’ LD Vote Predict projection tool now predicts that President Obama will beat Mitt Romney by [...]
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10/23/12 Cross-Posted at Latino Decisions, Latino Vote Matters, and Daily Kos:  In 1998 Harry Pachon and Rudy de la Garza wrote a report for the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute titled “Why Pollsters Missed the Latino Vote – Again!” in which they argued that polls across California failed to accurately account for Latino voters in their samples, and [...]
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10/22/12 The impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll latest results reveal a high level of interest and engagement by Latino voters in the upcoming congressional and presidential elections.
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10/19/12 President Ronald Reagan famously said, “Latinos are Republicans — they just don’t know it yet.”  With respect to the Gipper, we’d like to tweak his adage a bit: “Some Latinos lean Republican — they just won’t vote for Republicans until the GOP moves away from its hardline immigration stance.” While our change makes the phrase [...]
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10/18/12 Educating Maryland Kids is running the campaign to defend the state’s DREAM Act — and urging Marylanders to Vote FOR Question 4 on November 6th.  With 19 days til the election, supporters of Question 4 got some good news today from a new Washington Post poll showing strong support: Maryland voters broadly support a measure that [...]
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10/17/12 Today, at a live streamed panel at the University of New Mexico’s main campus, national political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from New Mexico discussed how Latino voters and the immigration issue will shape the presidential and Senate races in this state and beyond.  Gabriel Sanchez, Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico and Director of Research [...]
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10/17/12 This week, America’s Voice with Latino Decisions is finishing our series of releases on polling information about Latino voters in key swing states.  Today, we are releasing new data about Latino voters in New Mexico.  The polling will answer questions about which candidate these segments of the electorate are supporting, what their policy priorities are, how [...]
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10/15/12 Over the weekend, The New York Time’s polling guru, Nate Silver, asked whether polls are underestimating the effect of the Hispanic vote.  The answer appears to be yes.  Silver spoke with Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions, who looked at some of the polling that has been conducted this year and explained how this underestimation happens. [...]
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10/15/12 Today, at a live streamed panel held at George Mason University (which was co-sponsored by the GMU Department of Public and International Affairs and the Middle East Studies Program) national political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from Virginia discussed how Latino voters and the immigration issue will shape the presidential and Senate races in this state and beyond.  Michael [...]
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10/15/12 By Latino Decisions and Latino Vote Matters: ImpreMedia & Latino Decisions released the latest in a series of tracking polls today revealing support for President Obama slipped from 72% last week to 67% this week, suggesting that his debate performance also led some Latino voters to re-evaluate the President. Those who said they are certain [...]
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10/15/12 This week, America’s Voice with Latino Decisions is finishing our series of releases on polling information about Latino voters in key swing states.  Today, we are releasing new data about Latino voters in Virginia.  The polling will answer questions about which candidate these segments of the electorate are supporting, what their policy priorities are, how [...]
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10/11/12 The last several days have seen a slate of just-released polling data on the Latino vote in key swing states and how they favor Obama over Romney in battlegrounds like Florida, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado.  Today we wanted to lift up what those polling numbers are translating to on the ground. As an NPR piece [...]
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10/10/12 Yesterday, America’s Voice with Latino Decisions released a brand-new poll on the Latino vote in Arizona, finding—among other things—that Obama leads Romney 80% to 14% there among Latino voters, and that Democratic senatorial candidate Richard Carmona leads incumbent Jeff Flake 75% to 12%. Today, we are releasing a new poll on the Latino vote in Colorado.  [...]
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10/09/12 Today, at a live-streamed panel at the Cronkite School, Arizona State University in downtown Phoenix, political analysts, advocates, and community leaders from Arizona and across the country discussed how Latino voters and immigration reform will shape the presidential, Senate and House races in this state and beyond.  Latino Decisions principal Gary Segura and Arizona State professor Rodolfo Espino released fresh polling of Latino [...]
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10/09/12 Today, we held a discussion panel in the crucial swing state of Arizona  to discuss the November election, the Latino vote, and the impact of immigration politics.  During the events, Latino Decisions released brand-new polling that gave us insight into what Latino voters in Arizona are thinking.  Here are some of the key numbers that were [...]
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10/09/12 Last week, America’s Voice with Latino Decisions released two brand-new polls on the Latino vote in Florida and Nevada, finding—among other things—that Obama leads Romney 61-31% among Florida Hispanics and by an even greater percentage in Nevada. Today, we are releasing a new poll on the Latino vote in Arizona.  The poll will answer questions [...]
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10/05/12 This week, as a range of national and state polling demonstrates the popularity of pro-immigration reform positions like the DREAMer deferred action program, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made it clear that he would shut down the DREAMer protection program as soon as he got inaugurated.  As immigration is a pivotal issue in 2012 Senate [...]
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10/04/12 Today, panels in the crucial swing states of Florida and Nevada met to discuss the November election, the Latino vote, and the impact of immigration politics.  During the events, Latino Decisions released brand-new polling that gave us insight into what Latino voters in Florida and Nevada are thinking.  Here are some of the key numbers [...]
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10/04/12 In key swing states like Florida and Nevada — and at the national level — Latino and new citizen voters are changing politics.  While they care about the same issues as all Americans, they have a unique and personal connection to the immigration debate that shapes their political views. This afternoon from 5-7 PM EST, [...]
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10/02/12 A set of new CNN polls show how the politics of immigration have shifted dramatically in favor of pro-immigrant policies and candidates.Support for DREAMer Relief is sky high at, hovering at 80%. Support for a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants is at a new high of 56%. And, Obama’s Latino support, 70%, is [...]
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10/01/12 This week’s impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll found slight gains for presidential candidate Mitt Romney in battleground states with 33% certain to or thinking about voting for him. However, the over national polling data shows the strongest week to date for President Obama and the Democrats, with noticeable gains over last week’s poll.
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09/26/12 A spate of new polls offer further evidence that the old conventional wisdom on immigration politics is like, so yesterday. The old conventional wisdom went something like this: Democrats should avoid controversy by staying away from hot button issues like immigration.  Leaning in only mobilized conservatives, pushed swing votes away, and put Democrats on the [...]
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09/26/12 Editor’s Note: To remind you to vote FOR question 4 on the Maryland ballot in November, RSVP for this Facebook event page, and declare that you intend to vote FOR the Maryland DREAM Act. The DREAM Act is on the ballot in Maryland this fall. Last year, the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation granting in-state [...]
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