Latinas are an emerging political force in American politics. While much is being made about the rise of Latino political power, it is worth noting that Latinas register and vote at higher rates than Latino men. Latinas are driving Latino political power. The National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) estimated that 17.5 million Latinos
Gabriel R. Sanchez, Ph.D., Edward D. Vargas, Ph.D. MPH, Jordin C. Tafoya, MA With less than a week from election day, the stark differences in policy priorities and approaches between Democrats and Republicans are becoming crystal clear from voters. Nowhere is this more evident than in health care policy. Just this week, GOP House Speaker
In the Univision town hall forum a few weeks ago, Donald Trump was asked by a Latino Republican about his support for the January 6, 2021 protest-turned-insurrection. In his response, Trump said it was a day of love, and that there were many patriotic Americans involved. The reality is that thousands of Trump supporters criminally
The 2024 Presidential race is panning out to be one of the closest in U.S. history. Harris and Trump are in a statistical dead heat according to national and battleground polls. Nonetheless, some news outlets are reporting that there are polls trending in Trump’s favor. Latino voters have long been part of the Democrat’s political
The media and pundits tend to portray Latino voters as a monolith. While some experts divide the Latino electorate by varying demographic characteristics, few consider differences across states. This oversight is ironic considering that presidential contests are state-by-state affairs and that all political offices are geographically divided. Although often ignored, state political context and culture
Lately, the media has been obsessed with highlighting shifts in voter favorability among Latino men, but with Election Day now just days away, Harris still heads into early voting days with 60% support among Latino voters. The driver of this support: Latina women. Latinas, a critical demographic that has shown strong and consistent support for
Democrats are increasingly anxious about Kamala Harris’s fate, with some polls suggesting she is losing her Democratic base. One critical segment of that base is the Latino electorate, and they appear to be slipping away from Harris and the Democratic Party. Much is being written about Harris’s waning Latino support. Yet, these analyses ignore Latinos
The economy, the cost of health care, immigration, and reproductive rights are the policy issues most important to Colorado Latinos, according to a new Voces Unidas/COLOR Colorado poll conducted by BSP Research. This is the 4th edition of this poll that focuses on the policy preferences and priorities of the Latino community across the state.
Well, it’s “silly season” again–that time in each electoral cycle when pollsters release results that produce panic on one side, jubilation on another, based on non-credible results. On October 5, Republican pollster Rasmussen released an unweighted, English-only, small-sample Latino vote result that implausibly claimed Trump winning 62% of the Latino vote. This is not true.
Throughout the campaign, pundits and pollsters have been stressing the importance of economic issues as top policy priorities for voters. Our own polling, the 2024 Entravision/AltaMed weekly tracking poll, also confirms that the top three issues for Latinos are cost of living/inflation, jobs and the economy, and housing costs. Economic concerns today are as important
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