Latino Voters

Race, Gender and the Media in the 2008 Elections

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain, Asian-American Voters, Latino Voters, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Sexism, 2008 Election and Race, Racism, Joe Biden, Saraha Palin, Celebrity Kids, Thurgood Marshall, Clarence Thomas, 2008 Election and Gender, Barack Obama, Politics News

Like everyone else in America, I was waiting to see how the match up between Palin and Biden would transpire. Beyond the giddy atmosphere that was bu...

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Younger Military Families Closing Ranks Around Obama

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, Military Times, Youth Vote, Donald Inbody, Black Voters, Austin, Museum of the Marine Corps, Independent Voters, University of Texas, Joe Biden, Democrats, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Iraq War, Virginia, Young Voters, Pollsters, Patriotism, Marines, Military, Latino Voters, US Marines, Iwo Jima, World War II, Michigan, Military Families, Republicans, Minorities, Don Inbody, Diane Tucker Military Closing Ranks, Home News

"Everyone I talk to wants change but on base you can't say certain things. At a bar or a party, everyone tells me they're voting for Obama... My military friends are tired of being lied to."

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

Angela Kelley | Posted 10.08.2008 | 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

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 10.07.2008 | Politics

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

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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Latinos Ready to Make the Difference in Battleground States

Arturo Vargas | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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A new survey confirms that the outcome in some of those battleground states may be decided by Latino voters turning out in record numbers.

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Empower the Undecided: UDecide.org

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Citizenship, 2008 Campaign, Politics, Barack Obama, Voting, John McCain, Asian American Voters, Undecided Voters, Latino Voters, 2008, Activism, Black Voters, Women Voters, Voters, Get Out the Vote, Presidential Debates, Media News

We can use the web to reach Americans who don't live on the web. In these last weeks, it's something we can do wherever we are.

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How Many Mexicans Live In Alaska?

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

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

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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Immigrant Voter Registration Increasing

Chicago Tribune | Antonio Olivo | Posted 10.03.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Immigrant Voting, Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Latino Voters, Latino Voters Illinois, Immigrants, Illinois State Board of Elections, Electoral College, Joshua Hoyt, Immigrant Voter Registration, Immigrant Voter Registration Illinois, Chicago News

During the last three months, immigrant groups in Illinois have registered about 24,000 new voters, part of an aggressive last push to influence next ...

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NCLR Death Threat Punished in Court of Law

Kety Esquivel | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Nc, Latino Vote, Federal Courthouse, Rule of Law, Christopher Szaz, Hispanics, Race, Racial Epithet, Immigration Reform, Latino Voters, Latino Politics, Death Threat, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Online, National Council of La Raza, Hispanic Voters, E-Mail, Hate Speech, Christopher Michael Szaz, Immigration Policy, Immigration Debate, Naacp, North Carolina, Nclr, Szaz, Home News

Originally posted at wecanstopthehate.org Christopher Michael Szaz was sentenced today in North Carolina for emailing a death threat to the staff of ...

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Battle For The West: Obama Fights For Nevada

Ryan Rivera | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Young Voters, Nevada, John McCain, Washoe County, Youth Vote, Battle for the West, Latino Voters, Get Out the Vote, Gotv, Reno, Barack Obama, Voter Registration, Drive for Change, Home News

Barack Obama takes the stage Tuesday at the University of Nevada, Reno (AP) Today's Los Angeles Times looked at the Democratic party's surge in regi...

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The Year of the Latino?

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

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The question for me is not if Latinos and African Americans "can" collaborate -- the question is how do we move forward even more forcefully united after a divisive period.

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

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McCain Camp Happy To Inject Racial Tension Into Latest Web Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Latin America, Latino Voters, Race, Barack Obama, Politics News

***UDPATED BELOW*** John McCain's advisers are doing their best to convince media outlets that they're not interested in talking about race ever agai...

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Fla. and Col. Campaigns Woo Latinos, Undecideds Up And Down Ballot

Ron Levitt | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home

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In the two pivotal sates, where congressional seats are being hotly contested, polls show 10 percent of voters remain undecided, including the same percent among the large Latino populations.

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Loving the Latino Voter

Daniel Cubias | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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This was going to be the presidential election in which Latinos ran into the warm embrace of the Republicans. But it hasn't quite worked out that way.

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John McCain and The White Man's Burden

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home

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Jesse Jackson may be mad at Obama for "talking down to black folks" -- but at least Obama never referred to blacks as "them" or demeaningly reminded his audience that blacks are "God's children too."

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McCain Avoids Immigration In Speech To Latino Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, John McCain, Latino Voters, Immigration, Teachers, Barack Obama, Lulac, Politics News

John McCain's speechwriters must have done some homework on reaching out to Latino voters. In his speech before the League of United Latin American Ci...

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Did Obama Really Torpedo Immigration Reform?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Senate Immigration Bill, Democrats, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics News

The immigration reform bill killing amendments, and Obama's vote on them, give McCain the hook he needs to lambaste Obama as an immigration reform spoiler.

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Primer Impacto: How Spanish-Language Ads Could Decide The Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Latino Voters, Advertising, Immigration, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Politics News

In a year of political milestones, prepare to add one more to the heap. Come this fall, Spanish-speaking Americans -- a community not always paid the ...

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Obama, McCain To Address Latino Officials Saturday

Huffington Post | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama and John McCain will both address the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) on Saturday. From the NALEO ...

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New Citizen Voters in Colorado

Ryan Rivera | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Ya Es Hora, Registration, Ciudadania, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Grace Lopez Ramirez, Barack Obama, Latino Voters, Southwest, Latina Initiative, Anna Sampaio, Mi Familia Vota, University of Colorado, John McCain, Home News

Hundreds of thousands of new citizens will be casting their votes in November, and in the swinging Southwest, these disproportionately Latino and Democratic voters could cinch tight elections.

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Fear of a Black President

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Politics News, Oprah Winfrey, Latino Voters, Race, Barack Obama, Tiger Woods, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News

A black president means anything is possible. It means that that last little parcel of earth -- which for 232 years has been solely inhabited by white men -- is now open to people of all colors.

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How McCain Can Win the White House

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Economy, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr., Gop, Iraq, George Bush, John McCain, War on Terrorism, Politics News

The terrorism issue is still a McCain election trump card, but it's not enough. He must duck the economic mess Bush made by spinning the standard GOP line that his plan is pro-growth.

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McAuliffe: Obama Has A Hispanic Problem

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Terry McAuliffe, Barack Obama Latino Voters, Hillary Clinton Latino Voters, Latino, Barack Obama Hispanic Voters, Latino Voters, Hillary Clinton Hispanic Voters, Hispanic Voters, Obama Hispanic Problem, Obama Latino Problem, Politics News

At this point a thinking person has to ask the question: why has there not been any correction by team Obama to the "Latino problem?"

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White Voters of a Different Color

Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Asian Americans, 2008 Democratic Primary, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Haiti, White Working Class Voters, Politics News

The presence of my brown skin parents in the white working class voter demographic indicates how vexing it must be for pundits trying to figure out this bloc of voters.

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