Latino population distribution in 2000. The population has grown since then. (Wikipedia image)
The decline in Latino support for Republican candidates has some in the party worried. With demographic trends showing an increasingly diverse country, any party that fails to appeal to minorities is going to have trouble winning elections.
For the GOP, Florida is the state [...]
Tag Archives: Latino vote
GOP Has “a Very, Very Serious Problem”
November 23, 2008 – 12:09 pm
Obama’s Victory Demonstrates Minority Voting Power
November 16, 2008 – 6:05 pm
We’ve looked at the Asian vote and the Latino vote as important demographics. Neither of these groups is monolithic, and immigrants of different national origins voted differently.
But exit polls show that non-white voters, taken as a group, are increasingly powerful. Their overwhelming support for Obama helped the Democrat overcome a 12 point deficit among [...]
Quick Hit: Would Clinton Have Done Better Than Obama Among Latinos?
November 13, 2008 – 10:56 am
Here’s another exit poll, this one with a hypothetical Hillary Clinton-John McCain match-up. The results are slightly disturbing in what they suggest about race relations in America (look at the last item).
Perhaps the mythical black-brown divide exists for a very small minority of Latino voters. Or maybe they just really like Hillary Clinton.
From CBS News: [...]
A Conservative Disputes Latino Voters’ Influence, But Latino Groups Have Reason to Celebrate
November 13, 2008 – 10:28 am
At The National Review, Mark Krikorian pooh-poohs the idea the idea that the Latino vote made a difference for Obama. While the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials says that between 9.6 million and 11 million Latinos voted in the election, an increase of at least 2 million over 2004, Krikorian notes that [...]
This Time, South Florida Elections Are Not About Cuba
November 1, 2008 – 2:25 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAC9ucoO-kQ
As News 21 discovered last summer, the long-running Diaz-Balart dynasty seems to be coming to an end. Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart, both conservative Republicans, have held their South Florida Congressional seats for years, largely on the basis of their tough-on-Cuba stance.
The brothers are losing their appeal, however, as their constituencies come to be dominated [...]
Quick Hit: Latino Voters Not a “Monolithic Subgroup”
October 19, 2008 – 2:21 pm
Check out this map from The New Republic, which examines the nuance of the Latino vote in several swing states.
“Latinos cannot be treated as a monolithic subgroup,” says Nate Silver. Beyond the obvious fact that Cubans in Florida are very different from Mexicans in Nevada, Silver points out that, although New Mexico is more [...]
Demographic Shifts in North Carolina Mean Bad News for GOP
October 15, 2008 – 3:04 pm
The skyline of Charlotte, N.C. (Wikipedia photo)
Pollsters are calling the state a toss-up, and recent numbers show Barack Obama up slightly in North Carolina.
North Carolina?
While the state was once a member in good standing of the solid south, North Carolina has changed over the past decade, as highly educated workers are drawn to the Research [...]
