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…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
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.
Arizona’s tough new anti-immigration law has the support of 70 percent of whites—but only 31 percent of Latinos. And while the law is favored by 61 percent of all Americans, nearly the same percentage (58 percent) of Latinos say they “strongly oppose” it, according to a nationwide poll by NBC/MSNBC/Telemundo.
Latinos are also more likely to have a favorable impression of Democrats and unfavorable impression of Republicans right now.
Just 22 percent have a favorable impression of the Republican Party against 37 percent of white respondents. And while just 38 percent of white respondents had favorable impressions of President Barack Obama’s job performance, 68 percent of Latino respondents had favorable impressions of Obama’s job performance.
The pollsters, Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart and GOP pollster Bill McInturff, both agreed there were long-term dangers for the Republican Party on the issue of immigration, though in the short-term, that is the 2010 midterm elections, it could help the Republican Party.
MSNBC’s First Read delved more into the possible implications of the poll.
“Smart GOP strategists know this is a problem; the consensus is that Republicans need to capture AT LEAST 35-40% of the vote to win national contests,” the post read. “Yet looking at Republican primaries across the country, GOP candidates aren’t looking at the long-term.”
First Read notes possible political backlash against Democrats from Latinos if comprehensive immigration reform is not passed this year.
The poll was conducted May 20-23 of 700 adults, and has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.7 percentage points. The poll also surveyed an oversample of 300 Hispanic adults, and the margin of error among those respondents is plus-minus 5.7 percentage points.
