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Black and brown voters pulled Dems across the finish line—what are their priorities

“The Latino margin will exceed the victory margin in Nevada and Arizona and New Mexico and Colorado. Latinos will have elected Senator Hickenlooper, Senator Luhan, and Senator Kelly. We think Latinos gave over 120,000 vote margin to Vice President in Philadelphia, which means without Latino votes, you would not have had the vice president carry…

Read More | November 20, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Immigrant Rights

Commentary: Nation’s immigration issues are more than just numbers

UCLA cultural anthropologist Jason de Leon reports that about 470 migrants died per year from 1998 to 2012 trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. By comparison, in the United States there were an average of 33,000 “deaths of despair,” a category including suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease, each year between 1999 and 2017, according to…

Read More | November 20, 2020

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Who is the ‘Latino voter?’ 2020 election reflected a diverse bloc that varies region to region

In Maricopa County, home to 60% of the state’s population, precincts with high concentrations of Latino voters showed 75% support for Biden, according to an analysis of voting data by the UCLA Latino Politics and Policy Initiative. In Arizona, Latinos make up 32% of the population and were expected to make up one in four voters…

Read More | November 20, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Demography & Population Studies

“Es lamentable el berrinche del presidente”: extesorera de EEUU sobre actitud de Trump tras resultados electorales

LPPI Research Director, Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, appears on Univision to discuss President Trump’s refusal to accept the 2020 presidential election results. “The next step is to see if the demands that President Trump is presenting have a base, there is no type of evidence that exists that can give him a base… I don’t doubt that in…

Read More | November 20, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

UC can increase diversity despite Proposition 16 failure, according to faculty

Patricia Gandara, an education professor and co-director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, said Proposition 16 would have changed this by taking into consideration the factors that contribute to inequality. “Proposition 16 would have changed the perception,” she said. “It is hard to see what the university can do beyond using race and ethnicity…

Read More | November 20, 2020

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