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Hispanic Voters

Minority Population Growing, Dispersing: Fewer Congressional Districts Are Predominantly White

The March of Diversity | Saturday, December 19, 2009 | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Asian Voters, Caucasians, Whites, Hispanics, Congress, Latinos, 2010 Elections, Black Voters, Race, Elections, Asians, Blacks, Hispanic Voters, Congressional Districts, Demographics, Voting, Minorities, White Voters, Politics News

With Hispanics providing the principal engine, the nation's minority population is not only increasing but also dispersing beyond the big cities where...

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With 'Friends' Like Lou Dobbs, Who Needs Enemies?

María Elena Durazo | Posted 12.03.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Hispanic Voters, Immigration Reform, Labor, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Los Angeles News
María Elena Durazo

Longtime immigrant basher Lou Dobbs recently declared on Telemundo that he's now one of the Latino community's "greatest friends, and I mean for us to work together."

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Mel Martinez and the Last Nail in the Republican Diversity Coffin

John Ridley | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Baggers, Sotomayor Confirmation, Mel Martinez, Sonia Sotomayor, Senator Mel Martinez, Mel Martinez Retiring, Hispanic Voters, Hispanics, Republican Party, Diversity, White Voters, Republicans, Politics News
John Ridley

Martínez's move can been seen as another accomplished person of color flipping a metaphorical middle finger at all the Republicans have devolved into: The party of the "angry white voter."

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Sotomayor and Our Changing Demography

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, GOP Race, Sotomayor Confirmation, Sonia Sotomayor, Hispanic Voters, Gop, Hispanics, Diversity, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

Lack of diversity and a long history of racial intolerance has taken its toll on the Republican brand with the fastest growing non-white part of the population: Hispanics.

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That's All You Got? The Attacks on Sotomayor Come Across as Desperate

Daniel Cubias | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Latinos, Gop, Alberto Gonzalez, Rush Limbaugh, Antonin Scalia, Ivy League, Hispanics, John Roberts, The Bronx, Latina, Clarence Thomas, Barack Obama, Confirmation Hearings, Racist Comments, Latino Voters, George Will, Perry Mason, Sonia Sotomayor, Hispanic Voters, Supreme Court Nominee, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Diabetes, Newt Gingrich, Thurgood Marshall, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

In the spirit of bipartisanship, I offer the following: Drop the lame attacks on Sonia Sotomayor, because they're not going to work.

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Sotomayor Nomination: Obama's Wedge Politics

Adele Stan | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Latino Votes, Barack Obama, Wedge Politics, Hispanic Voters, Sonia Sotomayor, Obama Latinos, Politics News
Adele Stan

Can Republican senators really afford to oppose Sonia Sotomayor's nomination without further bleeding the votes of Latinos? Probably not.

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Why Immigration Reform Now Isn't Such a Bad Idea

Dylan Loewe | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, Immigration Reform, 2008 Election, Hispanic Voters, Immigration, Obama Immigration, Politics News
Dylan Loewe

There is some trepidation among Democrats as to whether an issue as thorny as immigration might distract from this year's debate on health care, energy and education.

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Swing State Dem Leadership Defers Dream: Immigrant Children in Colorado Shut Out By Assistant Senate Majority Leader and Cohorts

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Swing States, Immigration, Colorado, Latinos, Latino Voters, Colorado Immigration Bill, Hispanic Voters, Hispanics, Colorado Immigration, Politics News
Mario Solis-Marich

State Senator Polly Baca showed distinct, raw, and articulate passion as she decried the wayward Dems who helped defeat a bill already enacted by ten surrounding states.

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"Angry" McCain Told Hispanics: 'You People Made Your Choice': NJ

National Journal | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Hispanics, John McCain, John McCain Hispanic Voters, Hispanic Voters, Politics News

John McCain sounds angry and frustrated that, despite the risks he took in pushing immigration reform, Hispanic voters flocked to Democrat Barack Obam...

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Ryan Grim

GOP Outnumbered At Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Florida, Cuba, Right Wing News, Mother Jones, Mel Martinez, Lamar Alexander, Orrin Hatch, Sen. Johnny Isakson, Hispanic Voters, Mike Pence, Hispanics, Democrats, Politics News

It's not a good sign for the GOP when even an avowedly pro-business gathering is stocked with far more Democrats than Republicans. On Thursday mornin...

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Gillibrand May Change Position On Immigration

AP | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kristen Gillibrand, Immigration Reform, Gillibrand Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Hispanic Voters, Immigration, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Hispanics, Kirsten Gillibrand, Gillibrand, Politics News

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York's new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, who has drawn fire from Hispanics over her views on immigration and gun control, says she...

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Coal is Dirty. Period.

Javier Sierra | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Latinos, Sierra Club, Environmental Justice, Clean Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Obama Inauguration, Javier Sierra, Environment, Renewable Energy, Hispanic Voters, Obama, Tva, Green News
Javier Sierra

The coal industry has been behaving irresponsibly for decades. Each year, coal-fired power plants cause 21,000 hospitalizations, 38,000 heart attacks and 24,000 unnecessary deaths.

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Mike Duncan's Silence and The Republican Party of Exclusion

Yuna Shin | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election and Race, 2008 Election, Hispanic Voters, John McCain, Mike Duncan, Election Reaction, The Republican Party, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Future of the Republican Party, Politics News
Yuna Shin

That is why Bobby Jindal and Anh Cao are being heralded as the saviors of the Republicans. Because they see nothing fundamentally wrong with their party, only with its packaging.

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Fat Cows and Thin Cows

Javier Sierra | Posted 12.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Latinos, Green Jobs, Bible, Javier Sierra, Exxon Mobil, Renewable Energy, Obama, Clean Energy, Sierra Club, Latino Voters, Cows, Environment, Hispanic Voters, Plug-in Hybrids, Solar Power, Great Depression, Green News
Javier Sierra

President-Elect Barack Obama owes his title not only to quite possibly the best presidential campaign in history, but also to the Latino vote. More than two thirds of us voted for him.

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Voices Carry -- Lay Catholics, Priests Challenge Bishops on Abortion, Ordination

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 12.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Roy Bourgeios, Abortion, Religion, James Callan, Janice Sevre-Duszynska, Ordination, Bishop Joseph Martino, Barack Obama, Mary Ramerman, Women and the Church, Women Priests, Catholic Church and Women, Catholic Church Hispanics, Catholic Church Women Priests, Hispanic Voters, Catholic Church Abortion, Excommunication, Catholic Church Obama, Woman Priest, Living News
Angela Bonavoglia

The Catholic Church's commitment to excommunicating anyone who expresses support for the ordination of women is another manifestation of the church's continued demonization of women.

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What Does An Obama Administration Mean for Latinos?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Latino Voters, 2008 Presidential Race, Hispanic Voters, Hispanics, American Dream Act, Barack Obama, Immigration Policy, Obama Latinos, Obama Transition, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

Did this salsa-flavored version of Obama-mania develop because we Latinos believe that the President-elect will be good for Hispanic interests?

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A Long Road to Walk

Whitney Leigh | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, HuffPost Election Reaction, Proposition 8, California, Obama Election Day, Latino Voters, Prop 8, Black Voters, California Propositions, Hispanic Voters, Minority Voters, California Gay Marriage Ban, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Whitney Leigh

Here in California, we appear to have passed Proposition 8

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Faith vs. Politics: Hispanic Evangelical Voters Still Split

Jill Colvin | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Hispanic Voters, Evangelical Voters, Evangelicals, Politics News
Jill Colvin

After helping President Bush secure a second term victory in 2004, Hispanic voters have been abandoning Republican candidates and returning en mass to the Democratic Party, polls show.

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Latina Women Get out the Vote for Obama

The Ballot Box | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Casa Obama, Obama, John McCain, Hispanic, Tampa, Hispanic Voters, Florida, Election 2008, Latina, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Home News
The Ballot Box

With the clock ticking, the women of "Casa Obama" have only a day to get the word out to help Florida win the Hispanic vote for their candidate.

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Channeling "Tito the Builder" in Miami

David Paul Appell | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Cuban Voters, Latin, Hugo Chavez, Lula, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Chavez, Obama Socialist Smear, Mccain Obama Socialist, Obama Socialist, Obama Racism, Barack Obama Racism, Tito the Builder Press, Joe the Plumber, Tito the Builder, Obama Hispanic Voters, Hispanics, Obama Hispanics, Hispanic Voters, Politics News
David Paul Appell

The media and the Democratic Party would have us believe that Dems will clean up down here at the Sunshine State's tip, and as NPR's "All Things Consi...

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Who Do You Love? -- Obama and McCain's Appeal to Hispanic Voters

Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Latino Vote, Hispanics, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Immigration Issues, Minority Issues, Hispanic Voters, Minority Voters, Mccain Latino Vote, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

In all likelihood, Obama will still win the Latino vote in a couple of weeks, and commentators will trip over themselves explaining how the Latino population was the deciding factor in the election.

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Conservatives' Race-Baiting Miscalculation

John Ridley | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Race in Politics, Minority Voting, Black Voters, Mccain Minority Vote, Asian Voters, Hispanic Voters, Race and Politics, Minority Voters, Obama Minority Vote, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
John Ridley

From not-so-subtle euphemisms to open slurring, how much is conservative race-baiting going to cost the Republicans? Probably the presidency.

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Presidential Debates Ignore 12 Million Elephants in the Room, Bypass Immigration

Angela Kelley | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Raids, John McCain, Battleground States, Latino Voters, Hispanic Voters, Immigration, Presidential Debates, 2008 Election, Mccain Immigration, Barack Obama, Immigration Debate, Politics News
Angela Kelley

What do the economy, health care, and foreign policy have in common? They are all topics that are related to a critical issue that was not discusse...

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The Latino Vote: Courting an Increasingly Sophisticated Community

Mickey Ibarra | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hispanic Voters, Swing States, John McCain, Immigration, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Illegal Immigration, Politics News
Mickey Ibarra

McCain is in the unenviable position of having to talk tough on immigration for the conservative wing of his party without alienating the Latino voters.

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How Many Mexicans Live In Alaska?

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Immigration, Palin, Sarah Palin, Latinos, Latino Voters, Mexicans, Inexperience, Mexico, Hispanic Voters, Election 2008, Alaska, Hispanic Population, Home News
Pablo Manriquez

The American voter -- and in particular, the Hispanic-American voter -- should demand that Sarah Palin articulate her position on immigration policy, and on any other policies she has thus far failed to address.

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