Tidy narratives about changing electoral outcomes often miss key data points. By Ronald Brownstein Once the backbone of the Democratic base, working-class white voters have been migrating toward the Republican Party since the 1960s, largely out of […]
Democrats seem to have staved off the worst, but Republicans still made some inroads. By Christian Paz Rep. Mayra Flores, the South Texan GOP darling, declared it plainly: “The red wave did not happen.” She […]
by Mary Lehman Held As the second largest U.S. demographic group, Latinos are a significant political force that could determine the elections in the key midterm battleground states of Arizona, Colorado and Nevada. Not surprisingly, […]
by Roberto Suro The recording of racist banter by Los Angeles Latino council members is a sad museum piece. These veterans of ancient battles for Latino empowerment failed to see how today’s Latinos, especially the […]
by Harry Enten, CNN Elections are, at the simplest level, won by putting together a coalition bigger than any other party. But the coalitions in America are changing with the times. Some of those changes are […]
Indeed, Latino groups’ voting preferences may be better understood by looking at religious affiliation and region, not ethnicity. by Laura E. Alexander and Cristian Doña-Reveco Nearly 1 in 5 people in the United States today […]
Hispanic voters might be the most closely watched demographic in 2022. But we still don’t have much reliable electoral data for them. by Natalie Jackson, NJ Hispanic voters could easily be the x-factor that determines […]
By Geoffrey Skelley, Fivethirtyeight One major storyline coming out of the 2020 election was the rightward shift of Latino voters, who supported former President Donald Trump at a higher rate than they had four years […]
Every election year, plenty of Americans, especially political pundits, rediscover the “sleeping giant” that is the Latino electorate. By Christian Paz, Vox Latino and Hispanic Americans represent about one of every five people living in […]
by Gina Woodall Two years after the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump’s resentment over losing continues to energize his supporters in Arizona. That resentment played out during the Aug. 13, 2022, Republican primaries that saw […]
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