The “Latino vote” doesn’t exist. Not really.

The “Latino vote” doesn’t exist. Not really.

Mary Mata June 25, 2013

By Chris Cillizza, Washington Post Conventional wisdom has settled on this reality: Republicans’ inability to attract Hispanic voters not only cost them the 2012 presidential election but has the potential to […]

Key Part of Voting Rights Act Invalidated

Mary Mata

By The New York Times The Supreme Court struck down a central portion of the Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, effectively ending the practice in which some states with a […]

Mi’jitos and Viejitos

Mary Mata June 18, 2013

What Pundits Don’t Get About the Drop in Latino Voter Turnout By James Aldrete, NewsTaco You put the word “Latino” in front of “data analysis” and it brings with it […]

Mass: Gabriel Gomez’s Hidden Latino Vote

Mary Mata June 10, 2013

By David S. Bernstein, Boston Daily Ed Markey today is trotting California congressman Xavier Becerra through the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Hacienda Don Juan in Worcester, and Medina’s Supermarket in […]

When it comes to Latino vote, Karl Rove is plain wrong

Mary Mata June 6, 2013

By James Aldrete, NewsTaco In PolitiFact, Gardner Selby recently took on Karl Rove’s claim that Texas Republicans get on average 40% of the Latino vote.  While I’m sure Rove – […]

1.4 million Latino voters are not asleep

NewsTaco June 5, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco 1.4 million more Latinos voted in the 2012 presidential election than in 2008. The number seems to be lost in the latest round of national political […]

What Must Happen for Texas to Turn Blue

Mary Mata May 24, 2013

By Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer You hear the question often: Is Texas becoming a blue state? Since President Obama won reelection in November with an emerging Democratic coalition of African-Americans, Latinos, […]

What Eric Garcetti’s triumph in Los Angeles means for Latinos

Mary Mata May 23, 2013

By Tony Castro, Voxxi Eric Garcetti was elected mayor of Los Angeles on Tuesday, sweeping into office with a slew of new expectations, not the least of which is what he […]

The LA mayoral race is a case study on the Latino vote

Mary Mata May 21, 2013

By Timothy Spangler, The Guardian Mayoral elections in Los Angeles are typically quite parochial affairs, and this year’s outing is something of an exception. As Angelenos go to the polls today under […]

From history to Hollywood, Los Angeles mayoral race offers it all

Mary Mata

By Michael Martinez, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Voters in the nation’s second-largest city will elect a new mayor Tuesday in a race that will make history and offer a possible indicator […]