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Minority Voters

Jon Ward

Rand Paul: 'There Is A Perception That Republicans Don't Like People Of Color'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 04.18.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) defended his performance at Howard University last week in a 48-minute session with reporters on Wednesday mornin...

Official Slams Roberts For 'Deceptive' And 'Disturbing' Remarks

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 03.04.2013 | Politics

Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin is calling out Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for making "deceptive" and "disturbing" remark...

Strong Medicine: The Continuing Struggle for the Protection of Voting Rights

Deborah N. Archer | Posted 04.28.2013 | Black Voices
Deborah N. Archer

While considerable progress has been made, the Voting Rights Act's goal of making real the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment has not been fully realized.

Lessons For The GOP From Canada's Jason Kenney

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 02.12.2013 | Politics

How did a 44-year old single white male, who still lives at home with his mom and is sometimes compared to a beaver, become a likely prospect to be th...

Black Georgia Republican: RNC 'Needs To Back Up Their Talk With Some Cold Hard Cash'

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 02.12.2013 | Politics

On Thursday afternoon, Republican National Committee Reince Priebus met with a group of black Republicans in Atlanta, as part of what one participant ...

DNC Finance Chair: Texas Could Turn Blue

Posted 01.28.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

Could Texas be turning into a blue state? Texas has the second-highest Hispanic population, and Henry Munoz, Democratic National Committee Finance ...

The Obama Era: A New Age in American Politics

Brandon Hill | Posted 02.04.2013 | College
Brandon Hill

Folks, it is a new day in America. There is a new kind of rhythm in the streets. There is a new kind of voice in the fray. There is a new kind of optimism in the wind. Welcome to the Obama Era.

It's the Minorities

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 01.20.2013 | Politics
Terry Curtis Fox

The real demographic story was not the primacy of the Latino vote or the Asian vote or even the women's or gay vote. The key is that all these groups didn't necessarily vote for their particular ethnic or racial self-interest; they voted for the party that best responded to minority interests in general.

The 2012 Election: The Ratification of a New America

Sylvia Puente | Posted 01.20.2013 | Latino Voices
Sylvia Puente

"Demographics" has become a code word for "change," a way of euphemistically talking about diversity. But demographics didn't win the election. Diversity isn't something that is coming but something that is already here.

Is The Emerging Democratic Majority Already Here?

New York Magazine | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics

One of the questions that always pops up after an election is whether the winning party's coalition signals some enduring trend that ought to frighten...

Republicans' Woman Problem Transcends Race

Margie Omero | Posted 01.13.2013 | Politics
Margie Omero

To claim the gender problem Republicans faced in 2012 is "merely" a race problem is the denial that has actually helped cement this pattern.

The Hispanic Vote in America

Saundra Santiago | Posted 01.13.2013 | Latino Voices
Saundra Santiago

After listening to pundits, commentators, and journalists in the last few days after the election,Ā  I became uneasy with their repetition of how Hispanics are to blame for Mitt Romney's overwhelming loss.

RIP America!

D.L. Hughley | Posted 01.12.2013 | Black Voices
D.L. Hughley

Republicans are having a hard time believing that Barack Obama was elected by "the people," and the problem they are having is that "the people" is no longer a phrase synonymous with white America.

Can You See It Now?

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 01.12.2013 | Politics
Angela Glover Blackwell

By 2042, people of color are expected to make up a majority of America. One thing is certain: No party that wants to be successful will ever again focus its appeals on a narrow slice of the white electorate.

Supreme Court To Examine Voting Rights Act

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 01.09.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider eliminating the government's most potent weapon against racial discrimination at polling ...

The New America Is Here

National Journal | Posted 01.09.2013 | Politics

Loudly, unmistakably, and irreversibly, the Next America announced its electoral arrival this week--years ahead of schedule....

Congress Gets Some Color: How Tuesday Made Minority History

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 01.08.2013 | Politics
Rep. Mike Honda

This week, we broke all the records. We now have the first Asian American and Pacific Islander majority district in the continental United States, which I've been elected to serve in Congress as the representative of California's 17th District.

Asian Americans: The Up-for-Grabs Electorate

Mee Moua | Posted 01.06.2013 | Politics
Mee Moua

In an election season where winners and losers will be determined by the slimmest of margins, my own experience tells me that those who continue to overlook the Asian American and Pacific Islander voting bloc do so at their own peril.

Mitt Romney's Anxieties: Fear of Democratic Leadership, or, Fear of Black and Brown America?

Darnell L. Moore | Posted 01.06.2013 | Black Voices
Darnell L. Moore

Republicans have begun to formulate a platform that would not only reverse any promise of an American future free from racialized forms of social and economic injustice, but prevent such a promise from ever being revisited again.

By The Numbers: How Minority Youth Will Impact The 2012 Election

Posted 11.06.2012 | Black Voices

In a tight race to the finish, President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney won't only be looking to swing states like Ohio and Florida for a win, but ...

GOP Problem Puts Party In A Quandary

AP | BILL BARROW | Posted 11.02.2012 | Politics

ATLANTA -- It's a fairly safe bet, based on polls and history, that non-Hispanic white voters will choose Republican Mitt Romney by a wide margin in T...

Tips for Minorities Voting This November

Andy McDonald | Posted 12.17.2012 | Comedy
Andy McDonald

Understandably, some minority voters might feel uncomfortable when they visit their polling place, especially in states where voter ID laws have been implemented. However, if they're looking to get in and get out quickly and unnoticed, I've compiled this short guide to help do just that.

You Cannot Buy My Vote

Jill Robinson | Posted 12.17.2012 | Politics
Jill Robinson

What has trapped President Obama, and all of us right now, is fear itself. The fear-driven wails for funds (one of every three emails I get) do not buy the votes we require.

Dan Froomkin

Dirty Tricksters Trying To Suppress Vote With Deceptive Phone Calls

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.16.2012 | Politics

Some African American, Spanish-speaking and elderly voters in Florida and Virginia are apparently being targeted by anonymous voter-suppression groups...

Janell Ross

New Mexico's Voter Purge Tests Voter Psyche, May Suppress Turnout

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 09.27.2012 | Latino Voices

NEW YORK -- At New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran's Santa Fe office so many registered voter postcards arrive daily in the mail that four staf...