I wrote a piece for Politic365 last week discussing the efforts of Texas Students to increase participation among Latino/as. As it turns out, this election saw record turnout from Latino/a communities. Here's an excerpt from the piece I wrote: Anticipating the November 6 election, Latino/a students in Texas have taken it upon themselves to get more people to the polls … [Read more...] about Texas Students Got the Vote Out
Election 2012
Gingrich as Inevitable? Beware the National Polls
A recent poll by Rasmussen Reports showed Newt Gingrich leading the Republican field with 38 percent of the vote, twenty-one points ahead of his nearest challenger. Many of us on the left side of American politics have been stunned to witness the political comeback of Gingrich, the cantankerous conservative who battled Bill and Hillary Clinton in the 1990s. On the surface, … [Read more...] about Gingrich as Inevitable? Beware the National Polls