Post-Election Reflections
Post-Election Reflections
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Well, votes have been cast and counted and we woke up Wednesday morning looking at a mitigated disaster. Not unmitigated. After all I have a […]
Election Day: Will Cultural Pride Get Latinos To Vote?
*So much about today’s election has been framed as a referendum on Barack Obama. In many tight races Latino voters have become a focus of attention, and Latino vote advocates […]
Latinos May Win Record Number Of Elected Offices In Midterm Elections
*The wins for Latinos in this midterm, if you’re looking for them, will be in the down-ballot races. VL By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Midterm elections will likely boost the […]
Expect About a Third Of Voting-Eligible Latinos In Miderms
*The startling statistic is this: there are 25.5 million Latinos eligible to vote in the U.S. That only 8% (7.8 million) will vote this November is the status quo – […]
Health care politics seeps into Latinos’ re-election races
By Suzanne Gamboa, NBCLatino Republicans have not moved on immigration reform. The public put much of the blame on the GOP for the government shutdown. Yet three Latino Democratic lawmakers who are expected […]
Almost 15 Million Latinos “Sat Out” 2010 Midterm Election
A recent article in the Washington Post says that 14.7 million Latinos sat out the 2010 midterm elections. I’m not sure that that’s entirely accurate. The numbers come from the Pew Hispanic Center, but […]