Hispanics' Clout Holds Sway on Election
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Margarita Saldana looks around her community and sees poor-paying jobs and discrimination against workers who don't speak English. When she contemplates how to vote on Election Day, she sees little difference between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry.
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Candidates' race, gender, age, and religion are among the factors that could shape the election.
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Democrats could have a chance at seizing a crucial Republican U.S. Senate seat in Colorado in a neck-and-neck battle pitting a brewing magnate against a Hispanic from humble origins.
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During the spring protests that brought hundreds of thousands to the streets, Hispanic immigrants chanted a promise and a threat to politicians: "Today We March, Tomorrow We Vote."
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WASHINGTON - Voters this fall could take small steps toward increased diversity in the Senate.    After the election, the chamber will have its first black member in six years, and the possibility exists that one or two Hispanic candidates could end a quarter-century absence of Latino representation...
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A Democrat whose organization spent about &#36;6 million to get out the Hispanic vote for Sen. John Kerry criticized the campaign's effort on Tuesday and warned that Democrats risk becoming a permanent minority if they don't do a better job.
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The majority of Hispanic immigrants maintain ties to their native countries by sending money, calling or traveling to their homelands, but most see their future in the United States despite these long-distance links, a new study has found.
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The Democratic Party has neglected Hispanic voters for a decade and risks severe election losses unless it changes course, Hispanic lawmakers wrote party leaders Thursday.
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Nevada enters the US presidential campaign next week, with Democratic front-runners aiming to build momentum in the first contest featuring the potentially valuable Hispanic vote.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton won the vote with strong support from women and Hispanics, but Barack Obama may receive one more national delegate.
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U.S. retailers are spicing up their fashion lines with a bit of Latin flavor to attract a long-neglected but increasingly important group of consumers -- Hispanics.
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Democratic presidential candidates say they are reaching out to Hispanics &#151; a group that could play a key role in Iowa's caucuses.
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CORAL GABLES, Florida  - Hillary Clinton and other Democratic presidential hopefuls wooed Hispanic voters on Sunday with pledges to back a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants and attacks on Republican "demagoguery" on the issue of immigration.
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Most Hispanic immigrants believe their future is in the United States, despite maintaining ties to their native countries, according to a new study by the Pew Hispanic Center.
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Immigration protests that drew hundreds of thousands of flag-waving demonstrators to the nation's streets last spring promised a potent political legacy &#151; a surge of new Hispanic voters.
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Beyond a high-profile race in Illinois that will put a black in the U.S. Senate for only the fifth time, two Hispanics and one person who is part Native American are expected to win seats in November in the virtually all-white chamber.
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Two years ago, major Hispanic groups broke with other civil rights organizations and supported Alberto R. Gonzales's nomination for attorney general, primarily because he would become the highest-ranking Latino ever in a presidential Cabinet.