The record turnout of black and Hispanic voters played a key role in the victory of President-elect Barack Obama, but in California that same racial and ethnic factor also was instrumental in the passage of Proposition 8, a ballot measure that declares marriage as the union of a man and a woman. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Weeks before Barack Obama won the presidency, he met privately in Washington with his former Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, and Latino political leaders who had fervently backed her bid.
The cards were laid upon the table, according to one of the participants. The Hispanic leaders said they expected at least two Latinos to be named to an Obama Cabinet — meeting the standard set by President-elect Bill Clinton in 1992 — but preferred three. Of course, they also wante
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It's a done deal: Proposition 8, making same-sex marriage illegal in California, has been approved by voters.
The constitution of the state was amended to take away rights recognized by the California Supreme Court under the equal protection clause of the California constitution just this May. And Latinos were in the vanguard, providing critical support for the passage of Prop 8. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Posted by Angel Garcia on November 6, 2008 at 1:04pm
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Top-Hispanic-Republican-Wins-Gubernatorial/story.aspx?guid=%7B2E529F17-BF50-4EBC-A6C4-293412C85278%7DLast update: 7:32 p.m. EST Nov. 4, 2008SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Nov 04, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Early Results Show Luis G. Fortuno Garners Historic LandslideSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico voted today, in what early results show to be record numbers, to elect fiscal and social conservative Luis G
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California's black and Latino voters, who turned out in droves for Barack Obama, provided key support for a state ban on same-sex marriage. Christian, married and older voters also helped give the measure the winning edge, according to exit polls for The Associated Press.
Proposition 8 overturns a May California Supreme Court decision legalizing gay nuptials and rewrites the state constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Exit poll data showed seven in 10 black vote
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Some people have misconceptions of Latinos' level of civic commitment, according to a new Brown report.
A team of researchers, including some Brown faculty members, recently released a report that presents counter-arguments to commonly held myths about the opinions and attitudes of the Latino community.
Under the leadership of Evelyn Hu-Dehart, director of Brown's Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, the project, entitled "Myths vs. Reality: Results From the New England Latin
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Barack Obama drew on support from Hispanics, young voters and women to score victories in New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado — three Western states that voted for President Bush in 2004.
Obama also contributed to an Election Day sweep in New Mexico that put the state's entire congressional delegation in Democratic hands for the first time in 40 years. READ FULL STORYRead more…
About two-thirds of Hispanics voted for Barack Obama, decisively surpassing the 53 percent who voted for Democrat John Kerry in 2004, exit polls showed.
Democrat Barack Obama gained lopsided support from Hispanics in Tuesday's election, winning solidly among voters with whom President Bush had made inroads in 2004.
About two-thirds of Hispanics voted for Obama, decisively surpassing the 53 percent who voted for Democrat John Kerry in 2004, exit polls showed. That year Bush enjoyed a high-water
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In the final stretch to the U.S. presidential election, more than three quarters of likely Hispanic voters say they support Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain, a study found.
The Univision/Reuters/Zogby poll released on Tuesday said that 78 percent of a sample of 1,016 Latino likely voters favored Sen. Obama, with 13 percent supporting McCain, an Arizona senator. READ FULL STORYRead more…
In 1963, at age 20, Lillian Aida Martinez came to the United States from Chile.
"Even though this country gave her a lot of opportunities, she still experienced setbacks," said Martinez's 37-year-old daughter, Linda Kelly.
Maybe it was because she didn't know anyone in the States or because she was a woman. It could have been her broken English and thick Chilean accent. No matter the reason, Martinez was met with challenges she never wanted her daughter, Linda, to face. That's why Martinez alw
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Despite the considerable and growing numbers of Hispanics living in the United States, little is known about their alcohol-beverage preferences. A new study of U.S. Hispanics belonging to four national groups – Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, and South/Central American – has found that beer is their beverage of choice. READ FULL STORYRead more…
The homecoming football game had just ended, and students clad in orange T-shirts were swarming the quad in search of post-tailgating festivities, but the nearly 1,700 African-American students packed in a nearby auditorium at the Downstate campus barely noticed. READ FULL STORYRead more…
When Nilza Mirabal goes to cast her presidential ballot Nov.4, she plans to vote for Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain.
And she has lots of company. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Millions of Latinos are getting emails and hearing radio ads inviting them to watch a graphic blockbuster video featuring famous Latino film star, producer and singer, Eduardo Verastegui. The online video explains the crisis of abortion in America—particularly in the Latino community--while revealing Barack Obama's pro-abortion track record and agenda. READ FULL STORYRead more…
The phone calls into the electric blue-walled room come from El Salvador, Sudbury and the bar around the corner. They are all Latinos calling and they are all scared. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Jorge Ramos, Univision's news anchor, claims he has conducted more one-on-one interviews with the 2008 presidential candidates than any other anchor in the mainstream media. So far, he has interviewed Barack Obama twice and John McCain three times. Four years ago, he only got a couple minutes - once - with Democratic hopeful John Kerry.
Earlier this month, Ramos flew to Waukesha, Wis., to interview McCain, who gave him 10 minutes. But when his time was up, McCain agreed to 10 minutes more.
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New numbers released by The Pew Hispanic Center this morning show that more Hispanics in Florida this year are registered as Democrats (513,252) than as Republicans (445,526).
As recently as 2006, the center said, the reverse was true. Among registered Hispanic voters in Florida, more were Republican (414,185) than Democratic (369,906). READ FULL STORYRead more…
As Ana Perez knocks on door after door in Sunrise, she finds proof of Florida's increasingly diverse Hispanic landscape.
The Dominican-born woman switches to Spanish as she talks to people from Colombia, Puerto Rico and Uruguay, asking them all the same question: Are you voting for Barack Obama or John McCain? Perez, 39, a Democrat who voted for George W. Bush and now canvasses for Obama, sees a lesson in the diversity she encounters. "[Hispanics] are really just like any other Americans." READRead more…
With less than a week until the election, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has a significant lead in the swing state of Nevada, the latest poll from the Suffolk University polling institute revealed.
Obama leads Republican rival John McCain by 10 percentage points, with 50 percent support to McCain's 40 percent. Nevada tends to vote Republican, and Obama's widening lead there adds to McCain's uphill climb. READ FULL STORYRead more…
"Joe the Plumber" may be paying off for John McCain.
The Arizona senator scored sharp gains on the pivotal issue of jobs and the economy in the past week, helping him gain a bit on front-runner Barack Obama and narrow the presidential race as it heads into the final week, according to an Ipsos/McClatchy Poll released Tuesday.
The poll found Obama's margin over McCain on who's stronger on jobs and the economy — by far the top issue in the country — down from 16 points to 7 points in one week.
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