MICKEY KAUS: “Strategists, columnists and reporters are constantly declaring that Democrats (and Republicans) must promote illegal immigrant legalization in order to win the growing Latino vote that is supposedly crucial in swing states. Would Virginia be one of those states?”
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MICKEY KAUS: “You say Latinos are key swing voters in swing states? How about lower-income whites? Fivethirtyeight.com‘s Nate Silver notes that ‘low income whites are concentrated in swing states ….’ If a presidential candidate lose... Read Post
MICKEY KAUS: “Only 33% of U.S. born (second-generation) Latino immigrant kids identify themselves first by the term ‘American.’ Most prefer either their country of origin (41%) or the term ‘Latino’ or ‘Hispanic.’ This is supposed to... Read Post
#NARRATIVEFAIL: Mickey Kaus: “Growing Latino Vote” Not Growing: “Psst! Don’t tell anyone, but according to RCP‘s Sean Trende the Hispanic share of the vote has been virtually stagnant (“almost perfectly flat”) since 2004. … Latinos ... Read Post