Arthur Brooks: The GOP’s Hispanic Opening
Arthur Brooks: The GOP’s Hispanic Opening
By Arthur C. Brooks, Wall Street Journal Half the Hispanics eligible to vote don’t. They are the ones most likely to call themselves ‘political conservatives.’ Before Washington was rocked in […]
Texas Can be Blue – But it’s Up to Latinos, Says Democratic Group
By Sandra Lilley, NBCLatino A group of Texas Democrats say the state could turn blue sooner than many think, since the voters are already there, and they are mostly Latinos – […]
Census Data Highlight Dramatic Shift in Racial Diversity of Electorate
By Matt Barreto And Sylvia Manzano, Latino Decisions New data from the November 2012 U.S. Census Current Population Survey (CPS) reveals a major shift in the U.S. voting population, with the number of […]
NYC Considering Allowing Non-Citizens To Vote
By Hunter Walker, Talking Points Memo New York City could soon become the first major city in the country to give non-citizens the right to vote. The proposal, which would allow […]
The Latino Vote: Good News & Work To Do
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco At first glance, yeah, Latino voters are “punching below their weight,” as a Pew press release succinctly put it. The Latino voter turn-out rate in the […]
Six Take-Aways from the Census Bureau’s Voting Report
PRESS RELEASE The report from the Census Bureau on the diversifying American electorate in 2012 confirms an historic turnout milestone first noted last December by the Pew Research Center, but undercuts a number […]
L.A. Mayoral Candidates Court Latino Voters
By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times The two candidates vying to be mayor of Los Angeles courted Latino voters Saturday, promising to do more to help those who are seeking […]
New Voter Suppression Efforts Prove the VRA Is Still Needed
By Ari Berman, The Nation In 2011 and 2012, 180 new voting restrictions were introduced in forty-one states. Ultimately, twenty-five laws and two executive actions were passed in nineteen states following the 2010 […]
Supreme Court Hears Proof Of Citizenship Voting Case
By Sahil Kapur, Talking Points Memo Voting rights advocates are sounding the warning sirens as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments Monday on a low-profile but important case on whether […]
How Marco Rubio Could End Jeb Bush’s Electoral Career
By Marin Cogan, New Republic Few people in Florida can imagine Rubio running if Bush decided to get into the race. Though he has often been written about as an overnight […]
