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Two Spanish Language Newspapers Endorse Obama

8:27 am By Maegan La Mala · Newspapers| US Presidential Race 2008| language · 3 Comments

21 Oct 2008

With two weeks before elections day, the focus on key voting blocs intensifies, and Latino voters represent part of that. Much of the attention to the Latino vote and Latino issues (because we don’t want the same things that other voters want like a better economy, health care, apparently)is happening in Spanish and through the Spanish language media (because apparently we all speak Spanish).

Los Angeles’ La Opinión and New York’s El Diario/La Prensa, two of the nation’s oldest Spanish-language dailies, made public their endorsements of the Democratic candidate on Friday.

New Spanish McCain Attack Ad Links Hugo Chavez and Obama

11:23 am By Maegan La Mala · TV| US Presidential Race 2008| Venezuela · Comments Off

23 Sep 2008

The above ad, released late last week by the McCain camp, is supposed to appeal to Latinos.

The McCain campaign said Hispanic voters are particularly open to the message because many of them are immigrants who came to the U.S. seeking to escape the sort of political tactics Mr. Chavez employs.

“They come to American for freedom, and yet Senator Obama seems overly willing to deal with a tin-pot dictator,” McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said.

It’s Election Day : I (grudgingly) Voted. Did You?

4:16 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics · Comments Off

7 Nov 2006

Whenever election day rolls around I am reminded of a few things. One is that imfamous phrase, “The Latino Swing Vote“. This idea, that Latinos because of our sheer numbers can make or break an elecion has led to positives like non-partisan voter registration drives and has led to negatives like politicians pandering to “Latino interests” with a slew of commercials of them speaking really bad Spanish or with Latino celebs/politicos singing Que Linda Manita. I am reminded of Malcolm X’s famous speech, The Ballot or the Bullet. I am reminded of the late Richie Perez and how he always said that there are many weapons at our disposal for revolution and voting is one of those tools.

Latino Voting Power in the Upcoming Elections

11:42 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics · Comments Off

3 Oct 2006

With election campaigns in full swing all over the United States, there actually hasn’t been too much pandering to the Latino community. Personally I haven’t seen an overwhelming number of campaign ads interupt the evening novelas (with the exception of Willie Colon singing Que Linda Manita over and over for Eliot Spitzer) and I certainly haven’t seen huge voter registration and education efforts happening in the Latino neighborhoods here in NYC. Both Democrats and Republicans have however launched ads that have offended the Latino community, likening us, especially immigrants, with terrorists. If the recent numbers coming out of the Pew Hispanic Center are right, both parties are losing out by not inviting us in to join.

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Posts Tagged ‘Hispanic vote’

Two Spanish Language Newspapers Endorse Obama

New Spanish McCain Attack Ad Links Hugo Chavez and Obama

It’s Election Day : I (grudgingly) Voted. Did You?

Latino Voting Power in the Upcoming Elections

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