Latino Decisions Blog
Deep Familial Connections to Land Drives Hispanic Conservation Attitudes
Last week Latino Decisions released results from a poll sponsored by Hispanics Enjoying Camping Hunting and Outdoors (HECHO), an organization dedicated to preserving America’s public lands that focused on the…
Infographic: GOP has a lot to win or lose on immigration reform
A new survey conducted by the Center for American Progress and Latino Decisions finds Republicans have a lot to win by addressing immigration reform, and a lot to lose by ignoring it….
New Poll Confirms Hispanics Overwhelmingly Support Protecting Public Lands
New polling released today by Hispanics, Enjoying, Camping, Hunting, and Outdoors (HECHO), an organization dedicated to preserving America’s public lands and Latino Decisions highlights the value Latinos place in protecting…
Press Call and Webinar: New Poll of Latino Voters on Immigration Reform and Impact of Inaction
ADVISORY: Press Call and Webinar Discussing New Poll of Latino Voters’ Views on Immigration Reform and the Impact of Inaction Washington, D.C. — As we approach the one-year anniversary of the…
Ties to undocumented and deported make immigration a priority issue and drive presidential approval
As the Obama administration looks to revamp the Secure Communities program that has allowed local law enforcement to help the federal government identify undocumented immigrants for deportation, we focus our…
Mass deportations are alienating young Latino voters from the Democratic Party
The United States government has been deporting large numbers of undocumented migrants as of late (see Figure 1 below), and the majority of them are Latino. In addition to negatively…
Republicans should look for a new playbook to win Latino Evangelicals
Latinos are demographically and politically ascendant in the United States. According to the latest Census figures, an estimated 53 million persons (17% of the total population) in the United States…
New Poll Shows Major Support Among Latinos for Sentencing Reform
The “war on drugs” has dramatically increased our prison population and disproportionately impacted low-income communities of color who are frequently the targets of law-enforcement efforts. The number of persons incarcerated…
Immigration Legislation or Executive Action Will Shape Latino Vote
Last summer, in the wake of the US Senate’s passage of S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act,” Latino Decisions, in concert with America’s Voice, identified…
President Obama’s SOTU Proposals on Climate Change Resonate With Latinos
On Tuesday night, President Obama delivered the annual State of the Union Address. When covering Latino reactions, the media is likely to focus on the President’s statements on immigration. However,…
New Poll Finds Latino Voters Strongly Reject New West Coast Coal Exports to China
New research released today by Latino Decisions and the Latino Policy Coalition finds that Latino voters oppose new efforts to increase coal exports to China and Asia from the West…
AFL-CIO immigration ads impact on Latino voter opinions
A new survey by Latino Decisions finds that Latino registered voters who saw recent immigration advertisements run by the AFL-CIO were significantly more likely to rate immigration as a critical…
Message Not Received: House Republicans and Immigration Reform
As the House of Representatives moves towards its August recess having made little to no progress on immigration reform, the House Republican Conference is equipping its members with a document…
The Impact of Congressional CIR Rhetoric and Action on Latino Voters
A new poll from America’s Voice and Latino Decisions shows immigration policy action and rhetoric weighs heavily in on Latino voters as they evaluate elected officials, parties, and their vote…
Latino voters oppose excessive enforcement and punitive measures in immigration reform
A new poll from Presente.org and Latino Decisions finds that Latino voters firmly oppose excessive enforcement, border security, and punitive measures as part of comprehensive immigration reform. The survey of…
New poll: Latino voters evaluate Congress through their actions on immigration bill
Latino Decisions released a new national poll today that found overwhelmingly Latino voters are following the immigration reform debate in Congress and that actions taken on the immigration bill directly…
Latinos remain committed to reducing air pollution and preventing climate change
Contrary to popular assumptions, Latinos are not a single issue group. Like many other Americans, Latinos care deeply about a variety of issues, including protecting the environment. In the latest…
Immigration Reform: GOP’s big chance to deliver on Latino outreach
Recent elections demonstrate that immigration is a mobilizing issue for Latino voters. We can be sure that Congressional action, or inaction, on the current comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) bill will…
Latino voters favor gun restrictions
The grim statistics and on-going stories about children, men and women killed by guns in America have led many to conclude that enough is enough; something must to be done…
Latino Voters and the Debate Over CIR
Today Latino Decisions presented results from our most recent polling on Latino voters and the immigration policy debate. Immigration has quickly emerged as the most important issue to the Latino…