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Sonja Diaz in San Francisco Chronicle: “What Republicans and Democrats learned from the recall that will help them in the midterms”

Sonja Diaz, founding director of the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute is doing deep dives into the Latino vote. In Merced County, roughly 3 in 4 Latino voters opposed the recall, Diaz said, which helped offset the 3 in 4 white voters there who supported it.

Sonja Diaz in Los Angeles Times: “The Central Valley gives California a recall rarity: a squeaker of a race”

Data from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute show that Latino residents of Merced County voted 75% against the recall, while white voters there came in at 75% in favor of ousting Newsom. The takeaway, said Sonja Diaz, the founder and director of the UCLA center, is that California’s electorate is increasingly influenced by…

Sonja Diaz in Alert Forbes: “The Central Valley gives California a recall rarity: a squeaker of a race”

Data from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute show that Latinos in Merced County voted 75% against the recall, while white voters there came in at 75% in favor of ousting Newsom. The takeaway, said Sonja Diaz, the founder, and director of the UCLA center, is that California’s electorate is increasingly influenced by younger…

David Hayes-Bautista in Berkeley News: “For Latinx Heritage Month, celebrate our ‘achievements and moments of joy’”

Our alumnus and UC faculty member Dr. David Hayes-Bautista has recently published a report with the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture that explores the disproportionate death tolls for communities of color, especially for older adults in the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Latinx communities.

Sonja Diaz in NPR News: “Newsom Won, But He Won Big With Latinos”

NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Sonja Diaz, director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at UCLA, about the significance of the Latino vote in the California gubernatorial recall election.

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