President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration adviser Kris Kobach warned Tuesday no one living here illegally will get a “free pass” and predicted many immigrant would leave as jobs and benefits “dry up.” Kobach made the statement on Fox News when he was asked what Trump plans to do about people here illegally, but are working hard […]
Hillary Clinton Won the Majority Latino Vote
November 10, 2016 By
Hillary Clinton won 65% of Latino voters on Tuesday, according to National Election Pool exit poll data, a level of Democratic support similar to 2008, when 67% of Hispanics backed Barack Obama. However, Clinton’s share of the Latino vote was lower than in 2012, when 71% of Latinos voted to reelect Obama. While Clinton underperformed among Latinos compared […]
Cortez Masto Becomes The First Latina Elected to the U.S. Senate
November 9, 2016 By
Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto became the first Latina elected to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night when she defeated the Republican Rep. Joe Heck, in a tight race to replace retiring Sen. Harry Reid. Cortez Masto’s win, in which she won just under 49 percent of the vote, was one of the few bright spots […]
Early Voting Latinos are Key for Clinton in Several States
November 4, 2016 By
A surge in early voting by Latinos is bolstering Hillary Clinton’s prospects in battleground states including Arizona, Florida and Nevada in the closing days of a tightened race against Donald Trump. Fresh election data suggest that the Democratic nominee appears to be benefiting from upticks in participation by Latinos, who historically vote in lower numbers […]
Clinton and Alicia Machado Team Up Against Trump in Florida
November 3, 2016 By
Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of “demeaning, degrading, insulting and assaulting women” for “30 years” in Dade City, FL on Tuesday, using former Miss Universe Alicia Machado’s story to illustrate her case. This is Clinton’s fifth day in the Sunshine State in the last week. Of all the battleground states, she has spent the most time […]
Democrats are Counting on Latinos to win Arizona
November 1, 2016 By
This year, many Phoenix residents will be casting a ballot for Hillary Clinton, joining the tens of thousands of Latinos who Democrats hope will swing the traditionally conservative state in their direction. The prospect of Arizona voting for a Democrat for president has become more of a possibility as Donald Trump loses support within his […]
99% More Latinos Have Already Early Voted In Florida Than In 2012
October 25, 2016 By
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is touting a substantial 99% increase in Latino voting in Florida compared to this point in 2012, with 133,000 Hispanics already casting their ballot in the state, as part of its major focus on getting its base to vote early in key swing states. The campaign included the figure it called “unprecedented” […]
Local Politics in Texas Are Under Representing Latinos
October 24, 2016 By
The Hispanic community might be the fastest-growing population in Texas, but it is highly underrepresented in local and state politics, according to a new report.Hispanics make up more than 38 percent of the population in the Lone Star State — yet only about 10 percent of Texas mayors and county judges are Hispanic. The Austin […]
2016 Could Bring Many Gains to the Latino Community
October 21, 2016 By
Latinos could achieve several firsts this election year, with Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto possibly becoming the first Latina in the U.S. Senate and Florida’s Darren Soto and New York’s Adriano Espaillat the first Puerto Rican and Dominican American in Congress. The two are among a cadre of Latinos who are running for top political offices […]
Trump Does It Again, #BadHombres Is Trending
October 20, 2016 By
The focal point of the immigration discussion in the final presidential debate appears to have been Donald Trump’s reference to “bad hombres,” as the candidates once again delved very little into the subject’s details. As Twitter users do, they quickly seized on the phrase and turned it into a couple of hashtags, #badhombres and #badhambres. […]
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