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President Obama has won the endorsement of La Opinión, the country’s largest Spanish-language newspaper. What choice did the paper have, though, when less than one in four Latinos support the Republican challenger? Yet, what’s surprising about the endorsement, and the reason I mention it at all, is the way in which the editors chose to Read More
Maybe this article from Fox News Latino is indicative of what kinds of feelings the election is stirring up within the Latino community: “[Eva] Longoria drew fire Thursday from Romney supporters for her retweet of a lewd message about Romney. The actress, a co-chair for Obama’s campaign, retweeted a tweet that read: ‘I have no Read More
Justice Sonia Sotomayor famously extolled the virtue of a “wise Latina” back in 2009, and if she was right, recent polling numbers should give Romney more news to sweat over. According to the most recent impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll, 74 percent of Latina voters plan to vote for the president, compared to 21 percent of Read More
Some good-ish news came out of the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday. As reported by Fox News Latino: “The number of Hispanics in poverty in the United States dropped by 1.2 percent from 2010 to 2011 – the largest drop of any group – but overall 1 of 4 Latinos remain stuck among America’s poorest. Read More
Latinos continue making historic strides in 2012. From the Huffington Post: “San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro will deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte in September, it was announced Tuesday, making him the first Latino to receive the honor.” The 37-year-old mayor and graduate of Harvard Law School, who the New Read More
On Monday, a D.C.-based LGBT*-focused newspaper, the Washington Blade, reported that the Democratic Party platform drafting committee has unanimously voted to include a marriage equality plank in the party’s platform: “Retiring gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who sits on the committee, told the Washington Blade on Monday that the 15-member panel unanimously backed the inclusion Read More
Real-estate business owner Danny Tarkanian thinks Pres. Obama is using Latinos to win re-election. On Wednesday, the Republican hopeful in Nevada’s 4th congressional district told a group gathered for a Hispanics in Politics breakfast in Las Vegas that the president switched his deportation policy at the last minute to recharge his Latino base. “Why wasn’t Read More
Latino support for Pres. Obama has dropped considerably in recent weeks, while support for presumptive nominee Mitt Romney has risen somewhat, according to a new poll conducted by Quinnipiac University. The results showed Latino support for the president at 59 percent, nearly double that of Romney, at 30 percent. Surprisingly, the new poll reveals that Read More
It’s been said that this year’s Presidential election will be decided by Latino voters; as much pride and patriotism as that concept may bring, it’s the importance of the act that is key. One campaign that has recognized this is Latinos for Obama, which has brought together supporters of our current Commander in Chief from Read More