Political

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) hailed two historic milestones for the Latino community coming out of the 2004 election. First, an unprecedented number of Latinos went to the voting booth on Tuesday. At least seven million Latinos and perhaps as many as 9.6 million turned out to vote, representing a dramatic increase from the 2000 presidential election. Second, for the first time ever, there will be two Latinos in the United States Senate, ending a nearly 30-year-old drought for Hispanic representation in that body.

Just days before the election, the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) released the results of their “Latino Professional Pulse – October 2004,” a national survey of 475 Latino professionals regarding their work life, economic sentiment, political leanings, and investments.

A poll conducted by comScore Networks, Inc. has determined that President George W. Bush holds a narrow 1.7% lead among women voters nationwide. Yet Senator John Kerry holds a slim lead in two of three key battleground states. Kerry leads among women voters in Florida (50.0% to 45.5%) and Pennsylvania (50.0% to 44.0%), while the race is a dead heat in Ohio (47.1% to 47.1%).

At the Omni Colonnade Hotel, with the microphones set, the cameras rolling and an audience of over fifty people, including many Hispanic Media Journalists, waiting at the set of the Political Forum Tuesday night, the missing components were the two Political Parties’ representatives including the invited vice presidential candidates.

comScore Networks released the results of a study examining the factors influencing the voting plans of American women in the upcoming presidential election. The study integrates a full range of demographic, attitudinal and lifestyle information to focus on the factors influencing the attitudes, intentions and decisions of closely followed segments, such single women and “security moms.”

In a recent survey of 2,640* young Latinos age 18 to 34, conducted by Terra.com, 90.8 percent believe that the Hispanic vote is critical in this election year. On the heels of the much anticipated Democratic Convention, both presidential candidates have done their share of campaigning to this influential segment by making appearances to key Hispanic civil rights groups and spending large amounts of money on Spanish-language advertising.

Hispanic voters are more concerned this year about issues that affect all Americans — such as education, the economy, health care and the war against terrorism — than about immigration, according to a new comprehensive survey of Latino
registered voters. As has long been the case, these voters are much more concerned about education than the general public, and they are most likely to say education will be extremely important in their vote for president this year, according to the survey released today by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation.

The Kerry-Edwards campaign announced the largest Hispanic ad buy in presidential campaign history. The million dollar buy, which includes television, radio and print ads, highlights the values that connect John Kerry with the Latino community – family, faith and honor.

As the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) celebrates its 75th anniversary during its National Convention it reflects back on its rich history of service to Latinos around the country. During the Diversity Luncheon today attendees were reminded of LULAC’s great accomplishments.