New polls show that Barack Obama has made inroads in the Hispanic community (see above) despite complaints from Hispanic media who is feeling left out of the Obama campaign…. The burst of anger on the Barack Obama campaign’s recent news media call was unexpected, but it should not have been a surprise.For weeks, members of […]
‘Burbs may be Obama base; Latino-rich communities, not so much
June 23, 2008 By
Obama’s Challenge with Hispanics continues to be a hot topic of discussion… They are a group he will probably want to focus on in the coming months.Obama may have his hardest sell, however, with Hispanic voters like those who make up much of Immigration Nation. The Illinois senator won only 37 percent of voters in […]
Democratic Group Says Hispanic Voters Run to Democratic Party
June 10, 2008 By
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s aggressive campaigns in the Hispanic community are showing positive results. New numbers released by the NDN, a progressive think-tank and advocacy organization, show that Hispanics are embracing the Democratic Party more than ever before. The data released Wednesday show that Hispanics have voted in record numbers this year, tripling their […]
Study: Hispanic voters increasing, changing
June 10, 2008 By
The number of Hispanic voters in Florida is growing — and many are registering independent. New Hispanic voters are often choosing to be independents, increasing their numbers in Miami-Dade from 18 percent to the current 27 percent.In still heavily Democratic Broward County, Hispanic voters have more than doubled, from 5 percent in 2000 to the […]
THE GOP'S NEW XENOPHOBIA
June 10, 2008 By
Obama didn’t say Americans should solve the problems of immigrant children who don’t speak English. He said “everybody” should learn two or three languages. Included in “everybody” would be children who speak only Spanish. How can it possibly be a bad thing for a Spanish-speaking child to learn English? To oppose that, one must be […]
Who we are…
May 10, 2008 By
The DSG Latinovations Team Maria Cardona Cardona is former Senior Vice President for the New Democrat Network and Director of NDN’s Hispanic Project. A former DNC Communications Director, Cardona served in the same position for the Department of Justice’s Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and was the Clinton Administration’s chief spokesperson on immigration. At the […]
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