Talk:Latino vote

Untitled

1) The Latino Vote: Shaping America's Electoral Future • Coffin, M. (2003), The Latino Vote: Shaping America's Electoral Future. The Political Quarterly, 74: 214-222. doi:10.1111/1467-923X.00531 • This article focuses on the obstacles that the Republicans face in attracting Latinos and how these are related to the main determinants of partisanship. • This article finds that Latinos are more likely to vote for Democratic Party rather than Republicans due to party perception, policy preferences and socio-economic forces. • This article will help me determine reasons why Latinos affiliate more with Democratic party.

2) A Latino on the Ballot: Explaining Coethnic Voting Among Latinos and the Response of White Americans •McConnaughy, C., White, I., Leal, D., & Casellas, J. (2010). A Latino on the Ballot: Explaining Coethnic Voting Among Latinos and the Response of White Americans. The Journal of Politics, 72(4), 1199-1211. doi:10.1017/s0022381610000629 This article examines the role that ethnic cues play in shaping the political opinions and choices of Latinos, as well as the response of non-Hispanic White Americans (Anglos). argue that the presence of a Latino candidate acts as an explicit ethnic cue that activates group-based considerations in the minds of both Latino and Anglo voters. • Latinos more likely to vote for Latino candidates • Social/cultural identity drives who latinos vote for Result: shared culture and language does not mean voters will vote for that candidate. Shared ideology/interests influences a voters decisions. this article will help me state that yes we do need more latinos in office, but what we need more of, is politicians that listen to the needs of Latinos.

3) Campaigning to the New American Electorate: Advertising to Latino Vote

• Affigne, T. (2011). Campaigning to the New American Electorate: Advertising to Latino Voters by Marisa A. Abrajano. Perspectives on Politics, 9(4), 901-902. Retrieved July 29, 2018. • found that Spanish commercials, provided less policy information compared to english ones. • Her study finds that spanish speaking commercials provide less information on policy, and focuses more on introducing candidate, providing brief/simplified info on candidate interest, and make sure Latinos are featured in the commercial. • for latinos who are less fully acculturated (primarily spanish speakers), commercials that focuses on targeting identity was successful. • for latinos who were more acculturated, commercials that talked about policy were more successful, regardless of the language. • This article will help me state which states are the Democratic-leaning Latin states. It will also help me suggest ways to promote voting within Latino communities.

4) Leading the Way: An Analysis of the Effect of Religion on the Latino Vote • Lee, J., & Pachon, H. P. (2007). Leading the Way. American Politics Research, 35(2), 252-272. doi:10.1177/1532673x06295300 • draw on data from a pre-election survey of 1,603 Latino registered voters conducted in October 2004. First, researchers tried to obtain information about the voters, religion, Assessments of candidate qualities, examination of the degree to which Latino evangelicals, and Latino evangelical Republicans, differ from the Catholic, and intensity of voting preference. • argument that religious identity is politically salient only among Latino evangelicals • Social conservatism (influenced by religion) among Latinos has also been counted as a factor that fuels variations in Latino political attitudes and preferences, which may strain their loyalty to the Democratic Party. • “support Democratic candidates not because they are Catholic, but largely because they are relatively underprivileged and under- represented as a group and Democratic candidates and officeholders are more likely to represent their interests. “ pg. 257 • We expect church-based mobilization efforts for more political involvement • this article will help me state that religion has influence on latino voting/ideologies.

5) Turning out the Latino Vote in Los Angeles County:, Did Interest Group Efforts Matter? • D Pantoja, Adrian & Woods, Nathan. (1999). Turning out the Latino Vote in Los Angeles County:, Did Interest Group Efforts Matter?. American Review of Politics. 20. 141-162. • This article seeks to determine the extent to which mobilization efforts significantly increase individual Latino voter turnout, by examining the role the interest group Southwest Voter Research Education Project (SVREP) plays in this process. • article gives explantation for low levels of participation by looking at two very contradictory approaches: one Cultural, the other Institutional.

• results indicated that registered Latinos are between two and three percent less likely to turnout in cities with SVREP projects.

• Age, income, population, language and education were then studied among voters ( see if these variables influence voters ). • This article will help me state whether variables such as age, income, population, language and education influence voter activity and by how much one is influenced.

6) Racial Identity and Latino Vote Choice • Stokes-Brown, A. K. (2006). Racial Identity and Latino Vote Choice. American Politics Research, 34(5), 627-652. doi:10.1177/1532673x06289156 • This article examines the relationship between racial identification on Latino vote choice controlling for socioeconomic and demographic factors. • proposes that race influences vote choice, Latinos more likely to vote for Latinos and Black Latinos less likely, compared to other Latinos, to vote for a Latino. • conducted an experiment to test the impact of racial self-identification on Latino vote by, isolating the effects of candidate ethnicity and race, and eliminate the effects of other extraneous factors that influence elections, such as the candidate’s experience, ideology, and background. • Results show that the personal and social construction of one’s identity has implications for Latino political behavior, as race is a significant determinant of Latino vote choice. Also, Latinos who racially identify as Latino are significantly more likely to cast their ballot for a Latino candidate over a non-Latino candidate. • This article will help me state how identity can influence a Latino voters choice.

7) Su Voto Es Su Voz: Latino Political Empowerment and the Immigration Challenge • Baker, Susan Gonzaléz. “Su Voto Es Su Voz: Latino Political Empowerment and the Immigration Challenge.” PS: Political Science and Politics, vol. 29, no. 3, 1996, pp. 465–468. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/420825. • Although this article does not study a specific experiment, it does analyze immigration trends among Latinos, informs the public on voter eligibility requirements, Latino voter profiles, and presents reasons as to how immigration affect voter trends. • This article gives specific data on Latino voter population • how many are naturalized citizens • Mexican-Americans • Dominicans • Cubans • Findings from article: High Latino population but low voting turn out due to ineligibility to vote. In recent years, there has been a higher rate of naturalization, voter registration, and voter turn out, which has been increasing Latino presence in politics. • This article can help me present data on Latino voter profiles, as to how many voters are Mexican-American, Dominicans, Cubans, etc. and present political ideas that immigrants might be more inclined to vote for.

8) Why the Giant Sleeps So Deeply: Political Consequences of Individual-Level Latino Demographics • Garza, R. O., & Jang, S. (2011). Why the Giant Sleeps So Deeply: Political Consequences of Individual-Level Latino Demographics. Social Science Quarterly, 92(4), 895-916. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00807.x • This article examines what common characteristics Latino voters share • distinctively from nonvoting Latinos and how they differ from those of non-Latino voters • They do this by the use of a classification tree to find what variables best describe the shared characteristics of Latino and non-Latino voter. • results show that age, the strength of partisanship, and the level of education characterize both Latino and non-Latino voters. However, there is a sharp difference in how age interacts with other the two variables. • Young Latino population generally do not vote. In older Latino population, education and partisanship influence voting choices and turn out. • This article will help me state the barriers that Latinos in the US face. Stating these barriers can help readers find ways to target/increase Latino voter participation in future elections.

9) Key facts about the Latino vote in 2016 • Krogstad, J. M. (2016, October 14). Key facts about the Latino vote in 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2018, from http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/14/key-facts-about-the-latino- vote-in-2016/ • This website analyzes Latino voter participation in the 2016 election. • Although it is not specific to a research study, it presents very useful information regarding the last presidential election. • It gives data on how many Latino voters are millennials, which states account for a significant share of the Latino vote, how satisfied/dissatisfied Latinos are with Nation’s political direction, how many more Latinos voted in this last election compared to previous ones, which political party receives more Latino votes, and how many Latinos who are registered to vote have discussed Trump comments in regard to Latinos.

Bmiranda93 (talk) 19:29, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 12 January 2021 and 20 March 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Akumar099.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 23:57, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

• Pres commission.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 17:38, 12 July 2021 (UTC)