Latino vote could save Harry Reid and other Democrats
In mid-term elections that will be decided on the basis of turn-out — which candidate does the better job of getting his/her voters to the polls — some influential Spanish-language media outlets, including Univision, have launched last minute campaigns to get Spanish-speaking voters to go to the polls and cast their ballots. From The WSJ:
Days before the midterm elections, Spanish-language media have unveiled a get-out-the-vote blitz to energize Hispanic voters, whose turnout could be decisive in many races. . .
“There are 12 million Hispanic registered voters…If we all vote on Nov. 2, we will make a decisive impact,” says one spot featuring Judge Cristina Pereyra, star of the network’s court show, “Veredicto Final” (Final Verdict).
“We are going to be banging the drum of ‘You have to go vote, you have to go vote,’” said Ramon Escobar, Telemundo’s executive vice president of network news, in an interview.
Although Latinos are projected to make up less than 10% of the nation’s voters in November and are less likely to cast a ballot than the rest of the electorate, their participation could be decisive in states like Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Texas, which have large Hispanic populations and competitive races.
That initiative could make a difference in tight races across the country, such as the contest between tea partier Sharron Angle and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The Democrat has cast his lot with Nevada’s Latino voters, supporting comprehensive immigration reform, while Angle has run vicious ads casting Latinos as criminals. (See video below).
Angle’s ads and similar campaign invective have helped to create a climate in which nearly two-thirds of Latinos in the United States think they are being discriminated against, according to a poll by the Pew Hispanic Center.
There is every reason for Latinos to turn out heavily on Tuesday.
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THE DNC
October 29th, 2010
10:03 am
Union
What great things?
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:03 am
OBAMA HOPE / CHANGE IS SUCKISH
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:03 am
NEED JOBS!!!
granny godzilla
October 29th, 2010
10:04 am
Troll had way too much caffiene…
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:05 am
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND JOBS!
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:06 am
GRANNY GET WAY TOO MUCH WELFARE!
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:06 am
GRANNY NEED JOB!
Union
October 29th, 2010
10:06 am
“The gruesome case of a man who was stabbed and beheaded in a suburban Phoenix apartment has police investigating whether the killing is potentially the most extreme example of Mexican drug cartel violence spilling over the border.”
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:06 am
GRANNY G LIVING OFF OTHERS WAY TOO LONG!
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:08 am
MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL BEHEADING IN PHOENIX, AZ
BUT CYNTHIA MCKINNEY TUCKER SAYS THAT DOES NOT MATTER, LET EM ALL IN!!
Rafe Hollister
October 29th, 2010
10:09 am
Sin-thee
I see the AJC is doing its usual advocacy for the Democrats. This article and the one on the front page of the online version saying that Georgia man enact an Arizona style immigration law. That speculation has been ongoing for months, so the AJC picks Fri before the election to REVISIT that issue.
You guys should drop the Constitution from your title and be the Atlanta Journal Democrat (AJD).
I saw a study yesterday that said Hispanics are mixed in their support/opposition to illegal immigration. I think their vote is not as monolithic as the Dems wish, or as other minority groups are. There are some excellent hispanic candidates available to vote for, i.e. Marco Rubio.
John
October 29th, 2010
10:09 am
@THE DNC
“There are already hundreds of complaints representing thousands of instances. ”
Complaints made to who…Fox News. Noticed how people are taking their complaints Fox News instead of the local staff at their polling location.
Republicans yell voter fraud as an excuse for intimidation and voter suppression. In the Illinois U.S. Senate race, for instance, Kirk can be heard on a taped conference call saying where his “voter integrity program” would be sent, and it was largely African-American neighborhoods. Why African-American neighborhoods?
granny godzilla
October 29th, 2010
10:09 am
and who is the troll living off?
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:09 am
GRANNY G NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING WITH OWN LIFE!
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:10 am
NOT WELFARE LIKE YOU GRANNY G!
THE DNC
October 29th, 2010
10:11 am
John
Bla bla bla.
Once again:
If voter fraud would mean that the liberal holds their seat, would you support voter fraud.
Come on. be strong.
joe
October 29th, 2010
10:13 am
There are many Latinos that I know that would rather move to Mexico than cast a vote for a democrat. Who says most latinos favor the quazi-socialist policies of this democratic administration? They, just like the rest of us, work hard for their money and they don’t want it going to entitlement programs where it pays for fat sloths to sit on their duffs all day popping out welfare babies with no daddy around. Spread the wealth around? Not happening here honey.
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:13 am
WHERE ARE JOBS???
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:15 am
MOST LATINOS ARE HARD WORKING AND SMART!!
WAY TOO SMART TO VOTE FOR SOCIALIST WELFARE STATE!!
barking frog
October 29th, 2010
10:15 am
Voter fraud, like waterboarding, is sometimes necessary
for the good of the nation.
TnGelding
October 29th, 2010
10:16 am
And there is every reason for Latinos to be discriminated against…if they’re here illegally. But hopefully the electorate will awaken before Tuesday and send the malcontents home to sip their poisonous tea..
Cynthia McKinney Tucker
October 29th, 2010
10:02 am
Recheck the stellar performance of the Reagan and Bush administrations during their first 2 years. Obama is going gangbusters compared to them. What we need is sustainable job growth. With private sector jobs up slightly and government jobs down, the trend is in the right direction.
TnGelding
October 29th, 2010
10:18 am
Granny is a small business owner. Back off!
John
October 29th, 2010
10:19 am
@THE DNC
I do not support voter fraud, even if it means liberals loosing seats. Do you support voter intimidation and suppression?
All I asked is for you to look at the facts of how “massive” a problem voter fraud really is…not allegations. We both know anyone can make allegations…that doesn’t mean it’s true. The cases must be investigated and as I pointed out, there were 100 convictions in 6 years all during the Bush administration. Do you think 100 convictions in 6 years under a Republican president who went after voter fraud would constitute it being a “massive” problem?
paleo-neo-Carlinist
October 29th, 2010
10:20 am
Peadawg, your childlike logic amuses me. xenophobia is not “made up”. it is very real. it’s not a condition or disease. were I to define it, I’d say it is an emotion or feeling (irrational and baseless, but a feeling nonetheless). in many ways it is like religious dogma or ideology (as if the two are actually “separated” – just ask Christine O’Connell, she’ll tell you). the real “condition” of concern is the fact (not idea, or belief, but FACT) that shallow, superstitious Americans respond to xenophobic political ads.
kayaker 71
October 29th, 2010
10:22 am
CT,
Tell me one word of that video that is not true. You and all like you will go to any means to get Bozo re-elected, even using illegals and demonizing those who are trying to enforce our laws to elect your stooges for public office. You are a true patriot, CT, a fine upstanding American. What a pathetic excuse for an American citizen you are.
williebkind
October 29th, 2010
10:23 am
Voter fraud is a tool used by the secular progressive liberals. You can only use it so many times for the “me too” crowd joins in. Of course we will not be informed from here the truth about about voter fraud from the liberal organizations. The conservatives must keep an eye out for more fraud by the progressive left. Was it 325 votes that got that liberal commedian into congress. Now the liberals can not get the ballots out to the military. We can send machines to far away planets but we cannot get a ballot to our warriors. Liberals can not lead and do not know how to follow.
THE DNC
October 29th, 2010
10:24 am
John
- – Do you support voter intimidation and suppression?- -
Much more than our own justice department. The Black Panther that tried to intimidate voters in Philly should be in jail. wouldn’t you agree?
the union thugs that are offering free rides to the polls but insist on seeing who everyone voted for should be arrested and their activities exposed.
The SEIU is controlling many voter machines in many states. Voter fraud may be enough to alter the election. The SCIU are thugs and criminals, like most union admin.
TnGelding
October 29th, 2010
10:24 am
Reagan built Japan’s economy and Bush China’s. That’s where the jobs are. The economy always does better under a Democrat and will do so again, despite the refusal of the GOP minions to participate. We’d still be in a recession if they had their way, but that’s what they wanted so they could blame it on Obo. Many of the unemployed are earning money under the table and others have started their own businesses. There are plenty of jobs for those willing to do them, just not what they might prefer.
williebkind
October 29th, 2010
10:26 am
I learned a new word today! That word is “venal”. It applies to most congressmen–some women. I saw it used extensively in the Obamacare bill. So I will call the bill that became law, The Venal Healthcare.
paleo-neo-Carlinist
October 29th, 2010
10:26 am
CMT, see: above. please provide us with data or statistics to quantify the number or percentage of ruthless “Mexican Drug Cartel” members included in the 10-20 million “illegal” immigrants. AND, I suspect there are also “cartel” members who are here legally (citizens). how should we handle these criminals? violence as it relates to any criminal enterprise is not a “Latino” thing.
Peadawg
October 29th, 2010
10:27 am
“Peadawg, your childlike logic amuses me.”
From wiki: “Xenophobia is an irrational, deep-rooted fear of or antipathy towards foreigners.” It amuses me that liberals use this to describe people who expect others to abide by our laws.
williebkind
October 29th, 2010
10:27 am
TnGelding
October 29th, 2010
10:24 am
Oh and the unions had nothing to do with it huh. That shortsightedness really is aggravating.
Philip
October 29th, 2010
10:29 am
That is a problem if Dems are getting people to vote just to have the numbers. That sounds like a popularity contest to me….get voters who are completely uniformed just to fill your ballot box.
THE DNC
October 29th, 2010
10:30 am
TnGelding
Give it up.
Your horrible president has been in power for two years and his fascist congress have been in control for four years.
Be strong. Admit what you have done. You did it before in 1992. When fascists get complete control, it is a race to damage our economy enough before they are thrown out yet again.
The question is: why do you keep voting them into office. Can’t you see what they do . . . every time?
How many times are you going to allow them to fool you?
“Fool me once” I understand, but fool you every time the polls open?
Come on. You have to be smarter than that.
ButtHead
October 29th, 2010
10:31 am
You forgot to say “illegal Latino” vote, the 9th circuit court has ruled that it is illegal to even ask for ID when registering to vote. WOW can’t wait till I get pulled over and tell a cop that is an “undue burden” to show any ID, I wonder how that will end for me. This is proof that the far left is purposely using judicial activist to further their far left agenda. I would like to know why Americans need to show ID but they don’t?
paleo-neo-Carlinist
October 29th, 2010
10:33 am
Peadawg, let me rephrase, your childlike double standard amuses me. you are correct, I am not a xenophobe (I am not a liberal, either). wanna know why? I expect the corporate farms, construction enterprise, hotel chains and other business interests to “abide by our laws”.
John
October 29th, 2010
10:33 am
@kayaker 71
“Tell me one word of that video that is not true.”
It says Harry Reid voted to give Social Security, tax credits and college tuition to illegal immigrants. These are all false. Show in his voting records where he voted for these.
BeeJay
October 29th, 2010
10:34 am
Ya think? Of course they would vote Democrat. Then all their families could continue to pile in here and suck up the government hand-outs and be declared citizens. Obama is really out of line to continue to be so partisan as a [supposed] president of ALL people. He, of course, is not.
paleo-neo-Carlinist
October 29th, 2010
10:34 am
Philip, why do you think ANY political party “gets people to vote”? do you think Democrats think they can “help” Latinos? you got it backwards. and the GOP is no better.
Peadawg
October 29th, 2010
10:35 am
“I expect the corporate farms, construction enterprise, hotel chains and other business interests to “abide by our laws”.”
So do I.
Keep up the good fight!
October 29th, 2010
10:35 am
Butthead…yes you are.
As reported by Reuters and The Associated Press, the panel of the 9th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals found that a portion of the Arizona law, which required residents to provide proof of citizenship in order to register to vote, is inconsistent with the National Voter Registration Act, which, according to the AP, “allows voters to fill out a mail-in voter registration card and swear they are citizens under penalty of perjury, but doesn’t require them to show proof as Arizona’s law does.” In addition, as the AP reported, “The ruling left in place a requirement that voters provide proof of identity when casting ballots.”
Dont let the facts get in the way of your Notsobrightbart-faux news misdirection.
Rafe Hollister
October 29th, 2010
10:35 am
Taken from article in USA Today, today:
Hispanics are growing more divided about how they view illegal immigration, and native-born Hispanics aren’t as convinced of the contributions of illegal immigrants as they used to be, according to a study released Thursday.
Hispanics are split when asked to assess the effect of illegal immigration on Hispanics living in the United States: 29% say it has had a positive impact, 31% negative and 30% believe it made no difference, according to the study by the non-partisan Pew Hispanic Center. That is a sharp decline from a 2007 survey, when 50% of Hispanics said illegal immigrants were having a positive impact.
willie lynch
October 29th, 2010
10:36 am
Like it or not their coming, their hear, and their going to stay. Just look at them as Pilgrims. That worked out well for the “Indians” didn’t it?
paleo-neo-Carlinist
October 29th, 2010
10:37 am
then why are you not demanding those who employ undocumented workers be held to the same standard (CT certainly has)? why do you not complain about the de facto “amnesty” which exists for employers?
kevinbgoode
October 29th, 2010
10:38 am
I think it is hilarious that con-artist con-servatives, who spend most of their campaign spreading fear about the boo-gay-man-of-the-week, would expect the very people they demonize to vote for them.
Union
October 29th, 2010
10:38 am
maybe the dems could spare some of that walking around money on election day.. but you cannot use it to buy votes.. wink wink wink
Some People are stupid
October 29th, 2010
10:40 am
Peadawg-
Did you even read the thing. To be registered to vote you have to be a citizen. Your comment about go back and become citizens the right way makes no sense. Either the did do it the right way or they are of hispanic origin.
John
October 29th, 2010
10:41 am
@THE DNC
“Much more than our own justice department. The Black Panther that tried to intimidate voters in Philly should be in jail. wouldn’t you agree? ”
I would agree just as I would agree to Republican operatives intimidating voters, taking pictures of license plates, targeting minority precincts, etc. should be jailed as well.
Do you agree it’s wrong for Republicans to offer $500 rewards to people reporting voter fraud?
“The SEIU is controlling many voter machines in many states.”
Machines manufactured by business who support Republicans. Who is writing the software for these machines? The SEIU cannot control the software.
THE DNC
October 29th, 2010
10:41 am
kevinbgoode
- -spreading fear about the boo-gay-man-of-the-week, – -
I don’t see any Republican leader calling the democrats their enemy. get your nose out of Salon.com and see the real problems.
kevinbgoode
October 29th, 2010
10:41 am
Well, it is just a good thing that we don’t base the demonizing of allegedly “illegal” aliens on their ability to use the English language. That policy would eliminate most conservative voters.