I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
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Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
According to a recent poll, which included New Mexico, most Latinos expect both health care and immigration reform legislation to be finished by the 2010 midterms. And if Congress does not pass both, Democrats should expect lower turnout from the reliably-Democratic-leaning demographic.
President Barack Obama also received approval from 74 percent of those polled; just 23 percent disapprove of the job he’s doing.
When asked about immigration reform, 62 percent said it was either “extremely” or “very” important that an immigration reform bill be passed by the upcoming midterms in November of 2010. Only 12 percent of Latinos said it was “not too” or “not at all” important.
A further 73 percent say it is “extremely” or “very” important that health care legislation be passed and signed by President Barack Obama by the same midterms. And 67 percent of Latinos polled believe that health care reform is more important than immigration reform legislation.
When asked about “a government run health plan that would compete with private insurance so that people could choose between public and
private options,” 74 percent were in support.
Of those polled, 75 percent had health insurance the entire year.
The poll was conducted by the Latino Decisions, which partnered with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico, and impreMedia. The phone calls, in both English and Spanish, were administered by Pacific Market Research in Renton, WA.
The poll was of 1,000 Latinos in the 21 states with the highest Latino population from November 1-16 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percent.
