Latino voters need more than candidates who just look like us

Latino voters need more than candidates who just look like us

NewsTaco March 1, 2016

* By Lisa Magaña, Quartz In the wake of the 2012 presidential election, the Republican Party made it clear that its first and only priority was winning the Latino vote […]

Super Tuesday showcases electorate’s growing racial, ethnic diversity

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*Latinos are huge (yuuuge!) in Texas and Colorado. This is gong to be a good test of Latino turnout, even though Latinos don’t necessarily vote in primaries (… don’t know […]

Donald Trump polls dead last with US Latinos

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*Just in case anyone was wondering . . .  VL By Jake Flanagin, Quartz Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump reportedly won the Latino Republican vote in the Nevada primary, but […]

Mapping the Latino Vote on Super Tuesday

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*There’s a lot to keep an eye on this Super Tuesday. There are also many versions of the what’s-in-it-for-Latinos story. This is one of the best I’ve read. Colorado and […]

Bill Richardson on the presidential election: “I’ve never seen anything like it”

NewsTaco February 26, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Bill Richardson laughs when you ask him what he thinks about the presidential election. It’s not a loud boisterous laugh, it’s more a surprised chuckle. And there’s more […]

New Hampshire’s Latino community may be small, but could be decisive in primary

NewsTaco February 8, 2016

*A small state, a big group of candidates . . .these are the conditions that open opportunities for a small segment of voters. Latinos may be 3 percent of the […]

Latinos will be crucial to keeping Clinton’s national lead over Sanders, experts say

NewsTaco February 4, 2016

* So the question is, can Bernie attract enough Latino voters to take the edge off of Hillary’s “inevitability?” VL By Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino With Sen. Bernie Sanders […]

Latino Turnout in Iowa Demands Attention From Campaigns, Experts Say

NewsTaco February 3, 2016

*”Latinos will turn out when they’re asked to vote.” The results of the efforts in Iowa prove that fact. But it isn’t a new idea. That’s been the formula for […]

2016 electorate will be the most diverse in U.S. history

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*Lot’s of numbers in this peiece, but numbers tell stories. “There are 10.7 million more eligible voters today than there were in 2012. More than two-thirds of net growth in […]

Podcast Episode 1: Latinos and the Iowa Caucuses, part one

NewsTaco January 29, 2016

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Latinos are 5 percent of the population in Iowa, that’s a given. Iowa Latinos have never gotten attention from presidential candidates or the media because of their […]