Minority Vote

The Obama Campaign's Minority Blueprint

The National Journal | Posted 04.16.2012

When Barack Obama won in 2008, the minority share stood at 26 percent, more than double. How much more it grows, if at all, looms as one of the critic...

Growing Minority Vote Could Rattle Assumptions About 2012 Presidential Election

National Journal | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 06.01.2011

The next America is arriving ahead of schedule. And it could rattle assumptions about the coming presidential election....

Largest Asian-American PAC Endorses Obama

Natasha Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Natasha Chen

On Saturday the largest Asian-American political action committee, the 80-20 Initiative, formally endorsed Sen. Obama for president. They decided on t...

Imminent Death of Down Payment Assistance for Minorities

Jeff Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Johnson

It is bad enough that homeownership rates for blacks and Latinos are close the 30 percentage points below that of whites, but the housing crisis affecting cities is threatening the vitality of neighborhoods.

The Asian-American Minority Swing Vote

Natasha Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Natasha Chen

Hispanics and African Americans dominate debate of the minority vote. But Asian and Pacific Islanders, who comprise the third largest ethnic minority, could prove the decisive swing group come November.