That’s the share of eligible Hispanics who voted in the 2012 presidential election. The voter turnout rate among Hispanics — a burgeoning bloc that leans Democratic — fell from 49.9 percent in 2008, when President Barack Obama won his first...
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Bloomberg by the Numbers: 48%
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets Asian American supporters as he campaigns at Van Dyck park in Fairfax, Va., on Sept. 13, 2012.
RNC’s Asian-American Outreach: Hires
Jeb Bush has called Asian-Americans the canary in the Republican Party’s coal mine. Look past the 71 percent of Hispanic voters who sided with President Barack Obama in November, the Florida Republican has suggested, and one will find the 74...
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Mariachi musicians sing and play as they go from house to house to encourage people to come to vote on election day at the Sun Valley's Latino district, Los Angeles County, on November 6, 2012 in California.
Hispanic Electorate Doubles Republican Party’s Troubles
The sudden openness of Republican leaders to an overhaul of immigration laws — including a path to either legal residency or citizenship for many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the U.S. — stems from another “drubbing” at...
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An image of Donald Trump is seen above a message board that is announcing job cuts at Hewlett-Packard in Times Square in this May 17, 2012 file photo in New York City.
Trump Warns of the Immigrant Vote
Billionaire Donald Trump says Republicans could be on a “suicide mission” if the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are eventually allowed to vote. “Every one of those 11 million people will be voting Democratic,” he warned those...
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Hispanic speaking delegates wave banners during Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Florida, on August 30, 2012.
Republican ‘Resurrection’ Tied to Hispanics, Pollster Tells CPAC
Republican pollster Whit Ayres told those gathered at the Conservative Political Action Conference today that they need to do more to reach out to Hispanic voters, as he tipped his hat to former President Bill Clinton. “If we hope to...
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Immigrants take the oath of citizenship at a special Valentine's Day naturalization ceremony for married couples on Feb. 14, 2013 in Tampa, Florida.
Republican-Leaning Group On Immigration Revamp: It’s the Economy
As President Barack Obama presses Congress to produce legislation granting legal status to 11 million undocumented immigrants, Republican proponents have quietly begun laying the groundwork to persuade their own lawmakers and supporters to embrace the plan. That effort goes public...
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Mariachi musicians sing and play as they go from house to house to encourage people to vote on election day in Sun Valley's Latino district, Los Angeles County on Nov. 6, 2012.
Top-10 Congressional Districts: Republicans and Hispanics
My colleague John McCormick writes today about how the surging Hispanic population may shape Republican thinking on policy issues including a rewrite of immigration laws, following a poor election year for the party among that voting bloc. Hispanics account for...
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Volunteer Ginny Barahona of Washington hands out buttons before first lady Michelle Obama spoke at a Hispanic caucus on Sept. 5, 2012, in Charlotte.
Obama on Immigration: ‘Sí Se Puede’
So Univision planted the question, and the answer: “Will we have immigration reform by the end of this year?” interviewer Maria Elena Salinas asked President Barack Obama in one of the two Spanish-language TV interviews he gave about immigration today. He...
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa answers a question at the National Press Club in Washington, on Jan. 14, 2013.
Villaraigosa: Obama’s `Seminal’ Vote Sign for Republicans on Immigration
President Barack Obama’s winning coalition of Hispanics, blacks, women, Jews, Asians and young people marked a “seminal” event in U.S. politics, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said today. Villaraigosa said the electorate that gave fellow Democrat Obama a second term...
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Mariachi musicians sing and play as they go from house to house to encourage people to come to vote on election day at the Sun Valley's Latino district, Los Angeles County, on Nov 6, 2012 in California.
Republican Pollster: Economy, Jobs, Education Top Issues for Hispanics
Republicans know they need to improve their showing with Hispanic voters. A stronger Republican performance with Hispanics “begins with challenging some long held assumptions,” Nicole McClesky, a pollster with the Republican firm Public Opinion Strategies, writes in a blog post on her firm’s...
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