Latino Decisions Blog
The Supreme Court, Health Care Reform, and Latinos
By Jillian Medeiros, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of New Mexico This week the Supreme Court has been debating the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, passed by President…
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Photo-ID in Texas
By Gabriel R. Sanchez, Stephen A. Nuño, and Matt A. Barreto Last week the Department of Justice blocked the Texas photo-identification law that requires voters in the state to show…
The Sotomayor Nomination: Evidence of Panethnic Political Interest
Do Latinos share common political interests, or, does in-group variation produce oppositional intra-group politics that negate panethnic politics? President Barack Obama’s historic nomination of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the United…
Language Translation and Latino Health Outcomes
The issue of language translation has concerned survey researchers for some time. While much of this work has been conducted by scholars interested in making comparisons across nations with differences…
Searching for a National Latino Leader
A recent blog to the Latino Decisions page noted that Susana Martinez and Marco Rubio, both mentioned as possible Vice Presidential candidates, were largely unknown by Latino voters. While somewhat…
Latinos Rising: Consequences of the 2011 Nevada Redistricting
David F. Damore, University of Nevada, Las Vegas What a difference a decade makes. In 2001, despite constituting 20% of Nevada’s population, Latinos received little to no consideration in the…
When We All Become the Immigration Police
By Helen B. Marrow, TuftsUniversity In July 2011, Governor of Alabama Robert Bentley signed into law a sweeping new anti-immigration bill. Hailed by Republican lawmakers as the “harshest” in the…
Can the Internet be a Door to Increased Latin@ and African American Participation?
By Jessica Lavariega Monforti & Jose Marichal Could the key to increasing civic engagement among Latinos and African Americans be computer classes? A growing body of research is linking Internet…
Latinos, Skin Tone and Inter-Group Attitudes
By Betina C. Wilkinson, Wake Forest University The Latino population in the U.S. differs in many ways- by national origin, socioeconomic status, native status, political ideology, and even skin tone. …
A Lighter Shade of Brown? : Latino Racial Identification Stabilizes Declining U.S. White Population
As more trends from the recently conducted 2010 Census become available, Latinos are once again the focus of attention. A report from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that the Hispanic/Latino…
Is There an Ethnic Dimension to the Immigration Debate?
By Rene Rocha, University of Iowa What determines public opinion on immigration policy has been the subject of much debate. Among the most regularly cited explanations are a series of…
The Disproportionate Impact of Photo-ID Laws on the Minority Electorate
By Gabriel R. Sanchez, Stephen A. Nuño, and Matt A. Barreto Following the Crawford v. Marion County Election Board decision of the Supreme Court which upheld the stringent photo-identification policy…
How to measure Latino influence: a new quantitative model
By: Matt Barreto, Loren Collingwood, Sylvia Manzano The importance of the Latino electorate has been the subject of both academic inquiry and media discourses. The question of Latino influence is…