More than 30% of Latinos voted for Trump in the recent elections – a significant result, but not a breakthrough by any stretch, and it can be explained by several factors.
Articles on US Latinos
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What the polls and the candidates keep getting wrong about the United States’ largest minority group.
About 48% of Latino US citizens fear deportation for themselves, their loved ones or their communities. That’s up from 41% in 2007.
A scientist explains how she got a glimpse into the secret world of butterflies and her hopes of encouraging more Latinos to enter the field of science.
The Voting Rights Act offers language assistance for voters with limited English proficiency. What can we learn from an Idaho county’s experience offering foreign-language ballots?
Record high Latino participation shows this growing voter segment will turn out for parties and politicians who tackle issues they care about. That’s a big lesson for 2020 – and not just for Dems.
Latinos are less likely than other Americans to vote in November, new polling shows. Here’s why Democrats shouldn’t expect a Latino blue wave to swing the midterms in their favor.
One of the largest concentrations of poverty in the US exists in communities at the US-Mexico border called ‘colonias.’ These informal settlements lack access to basic infrastructure.
Democrats hoping that Latinos will punish the Republican Party for Trump’s immigration policies haven’t looked hard enough at the demographics, location and concerns of these 27.3 million voters.
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Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division, Professor of Education, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
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Assistant Research Scientist, Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health, New York University
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Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State
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Associate Professor in Hispanic Studies and in Visual Arts and Film, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in American Studies & Criminology, University of Hull
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Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Tennessee
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Academic Dean, Centro Latino & Associate Professor of Mission and Global Transformation, Fuller Theological Seminary
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Assistant Professor of Biocultural Medical Anthropology, University of Alabama
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Research Associate, Idaho Policy Institute, Boise State University
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Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of Community and Public Health; Lead, Graduate Certificate in Rural Health, Idaho State University, Idaho State University
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Professor of Anthropology & Director for Undergraduate Research, College of Arts and Letters, San Diego State University
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Professor of Social Work, Nursing and Global Public Health, New York University