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.
Hispanic voters are still overwhelmingly Democratic but are not very enthusiastic about voting in this year’s midterm elections according to a poll conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center.
The poll found that 65 percent of Latino-registered voters say they support their Democratic candidate in the upcoming midterm elections to just 22 percent who say they support the Republican candidate.
“However,” the Pew article says. “Hispanic registered voters appear to be less motivated than other voters to go to the polls.”
Just one-third (32%) of all Latino registered voters say they have given this year’s election “quite a lot” of thought. In contrast, half (50%) of all registered voters say the same. And when it comes to their intent to vote, half (51%) of Latino registered voters say they are absolutely certain they will vote in this year’s midterm election, while seven-in-ten (70%) of all registered voters say the same.
There is more good news for Republicans in this poll; of the minority of Hispanic registered voters who support the Republican Party, 44 percent say they have given this year’s election “quite a lot of thought.” Just 28 percent of Hispanic Democrats can say the same thing.
