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Latino voters were decisive in 2020 presidential election

“As we approach the inauguration of the Biden–Harris administration, it’s important to remember the groups that helped secure their victory,” said Sonja Diaz, the founding director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute.

Read More | January 25, 2021

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AirtTalk | DC Latest: Biden’s Plans On Immigration, Climate Change. Plus, National Security And More

Matt Barreto, professor of political science and Chicano Studies at UCLA; was part of the Biden campaign to direct their Latino polling and messaging research. Barreto appears on Airtalk to discuss Biden’s plan on immigration. “At the top of that list will be a campaign promise that he made at the end which was to…

Read More | January 25, 2021

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Democrats need a better messaging strategy in Florida, a new report says

Matt Barreto, co-founder of LD Insights and an adviser to the Biden campaign, said Biden would have done better with Florida’s Hispanic voters if the campaign understood how Biden’s Covid-19 and economic message wasn’t direct enough for many Latinos. “Now that Democrats have the majorities, they need to fully lean into their support for populist,…

Read More | January 25, 2021

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UCLA Study: A Record 16.6 Million US Latinos Voted in 2020 Election, Leading to Key State Victories for Biden-Harris

“Latino vote growth was stronger and outpaced the national surge of voters in 2020. This is important because much of the national coverage of the Democrat-Republican vote split assumes a stagnate electorate with the same number of voters,” Dr. Matt Barreto, professor of Political Science of Chicana/o Studies and UCLA LPPI’s faculty director, told Latino…

Read More | January 25, 2021

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Adiós Trump: How Latino voters brought Julián Castro’s slogan to fruition

A new study released this week by the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) estimates that a record 16.6 million U.S. Latinos voted in the 2020 Presidential election. The study also provides a breakdown of the states that pulled heavily for Biden, all with significant contributions from Latinx voters.

Read More | January 25, 2021

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