Group plans on organizing grassroots efforts to garner support for McCain among Latinas Tibi Ellis is the group’s national ambassador. She is honest about what she is up against and says Democrats have shown they can register new Latino voters in huge numbers. But Ellis insists the Democrats don’t worry her. “Historically, they get them […]

Most polls agree that Obama has the lead among Latino voters. However, McCain does not plan on giving up this important voting bloc and is instead revving up efforts to win Latino support. McCain’s campaign hopes the senator from Arizona can make national inroads with Hispanics despite the harder lines against illegal immigration taken by […]

Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama sought Tuesday to send the same message to a critical constituency: they understand that Hispanics share the same economic concerns as other Americans — and they will help the whole country prosper. It was the second time in as many weeks the presidential candidates directly appealed to a […]

Author urges that leaders ensure that no Latinos are disenfranchised in the upcoming elections… On the eve of the 2004 presidential election, the Republican Party threatened to challenge the qualifications of 35,000 registered voters in Ohio, and went to court to secure their right to do so. For the most part, this turned out to […]

Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villarraigosa is traveling this week in support of Barack Obama. Villaraigosa supported Hillary Clinton early in the primary process and campaigned heavily for her in the previous months… The Los Angeles mayor will travel to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to introduce the Democratic presidential candidate at a League of United […]

McCain took a swipe at the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in a Spanish-language radio ad released last week. In the ad, a Latino supporter said McCain has “earned the trust of Latinos,” while “it seems to me that the other candidate has just discovered the importance of the Hispanic vote.” The Obama campaign disputed that […]

Polls reveal that immigration is important but its not the only issue that Hispanics are concerned about In a 2007 Pew Hispanic Center survey, immigration was deemed to be “very important” or “extremely important” by 79 percent of respondents, ranking it fifth among the issues tested. Education, health care, the economy and jobs, and crime […]

— Whether the code word of the day is “patriotism,” “liberation theology” or “working-class voters,” some will continue to cast this presidential election in the tired old paradigm of black and white. But, I’d ask Barack Obama and John McCain to look beyond all that and consider: What can brown do for you? The candidates […]

On immigration, LULAC president Rosa Rosales said that both candidates have not been “direct” enough on comprehensive immigration reform. “They have not been very direct,” said Rosales. “We want comprehensive immigration reform. We want Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain to be more specific about a plan of action. We want them to be specific about […]

Polly Baca, president of the Latin American Research and Service Agency, said the state’s passage of laws aimed at immigrants in 2006 motivated Hispanics to vote. That same year, about 50,000 people demonstrated in Denver against government crackdowns on illegal immigrant workers, she said. “All of that politicized the Latino community,” Baca said. “It’s exciting. […]