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
Kamala Harris is energizing Democrats according to pollsters. A recent NBC poll shows Harris leading Trump 49% to 44% among registered voters. While these numbers are compelling, most polling has yet to capture whether Latinos or other minoritized segments of the Democratic Party coalition are similarly energized by her nomination and campaign. Latinos constitute one
In 2016, immigration became a top policy priority for Latinos because of Trump’s anti-Mexican immigrant rhetoric and campaign. Throughout the campaign, Trump did not miss an opportunity to attack undocumented immigrants, Mexico, and our so-called open borders. On Election Day, Latino voters did not forget his scathing words: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not
The long-awaited presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump took place on Tuesday, September 10. The two traded rhetorical punches and jabs. However, unlike a boxing match, where knockouts occur frequently, this match will be settled by judges – the American voters. My interest is in one particular set of judges, the Latino electorate.
“They’re eating the dogs! The people that came in. They’re eating the cats! They’re eating, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there,” former President Donald Trump claimed about Haitian immigrants during his unbelievable response at Tuesday night’s presidential debate in Philadelphia. Trump built his loyal base by demonizing immigrants. So like a
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign launched a bus tour September 3, 2024 to highlight the Democratic ticket’s focus on reproductive freedom. Kicking off in Palm Beach, Florida, home to former President Donald Trump, the tour takes direct aim at contrasting the Harris-Walz campaign’s defense of reproductive rights with Donald Trump’s flip-flopping stances on state and
As the Democratic National Convention opens tonight in Chicago, Latino enthusiasm for the soon-to-be Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has boosted Democrats’ chances of retaining the White House in November. Since joining the race, Harris has reaped record donations and re-energized voters who reported lower rates of enthusiasm before President Joe Biden left the race. A
