Category Archives: Presidential Politics

George McGovern, 1912–2012

George McGovern forever changed the Democratic Party’s presidential selection process and its long-term trajectory, expanding the influence of Latinos and members of other minority groups. Continue reading

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Obama, Romney, and the Latino Vote

In the 2012 presidential election, Spanish-speaking voters are likely to have the greatest impact in states having either a relatively small Spanish-speaking population or where the ethnic composition is in flux Continue reading

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What Romney Should Have Learned from Nixon

Look at Mitt Romney, Richard Nixon, Proposition 187, Republicans, and Latino vote. Continue reading

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