Eyes on Marco Rubio as GOP Field Pivots to Florida
As eyes turn from South Carolina to Florida for the GOP primaries, one Republican Senator who isn’t even running for president is sharing the spotlight with the Republican presidential candidates.
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Spanish-Language Media Closely Tracking Republicans, Tea Party on Immigration
Particularly in editorial pages and TV commentary, Latino-oriented media is analyzing what presidential candidates say about national immigration reform.
SB 1070 Major Issue in Republican Primary Wins
Republican candidates who favor greater restrictions on immigration won races in Arizona and Florida.
Latin American Immigrants Come Out in Force to Vote for Obama
Diego Graglia, FI2W blog editor Latin American immigrants became an important segment of the American electorate in this election, representing forty percent of the overall Hispanic vote, according to data released this afternoon by pro-immigrant organization America’s Voice. Initial estimates indicate that…
NALEO Survey: Significant Numbers of Latinos Remain Undecided in Battleground States
“Obamanos,” Latino Support for Obama in Espanola, N.M. NPR PHOTO by Ben Bergman/Morning Edition With the presidential race increasingly focused on states where Latinos are a big chunk of the electorate, the latest survey released by the National Association of…
Sunny News For Democrats: Obama May Be Leading Among Florida Hispanics
Latinos are considered especially important as a voting population this year because it’s expected they’ll help decide whether four key battleground states go red or blue – Florida, Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado, for a total of 46 electoral college…
Latin America to U.S.: Tsk-Tsk
Miami is sometimes half-jokingly called “the capital of Latin America,” for its concentration of Latin American expats, Latin American corporation headquarters and even vacation homes for the region’s richest. No wonder then that both Senators John McCain and Barack Obama…
La Ruta del Voto Latino (The Road to the Latino Vote): Milton, Florida
Journalist Diego Graglia has been documenting the lives of Latinos during this presidential election year. He recently traveled from New York City to Mexico City, stopping along the way to talk to Latinos in small towns and big cities about…
Is There Really a Latino Swing Vote?
In this year’s historic elections Latinos are poised to play a historic role. If Latinos vote in the precedent-setting numbers that marked their participation in the presidential primaries, they could be responsible for putting a candidate in office. When Sen….