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Latino America : how America's most dynamic population is poised to transform the politics of the nation / Matt Barreto and Gary M. Segura ; with contributions from Elizabeth Bergman [and nine others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barreto, Matt A., author.
- Segura, Gary M., 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hispanic Americans--Politics and government.
- Hispanic Americans.
- United States--Politics and government--2009-.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- 2014.
- New York : Public Affairs, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sometime in April 2014, somewhere in a hospital in California, a Latino child tipped the demographic scales as Latinos displaced non-Hispanic whites as the largest racial/ethnic group in the state. So, one-hundred-sixty-six years after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brought the Mexican province of Alta California into the United States, Latinos once again became the largest population in the state. Surprised? Texas will make the same transition sometime before 2020.When that happens, America's two most populous states, carrying the largest number of Electoral College votes, will be Latino. Ne
- Contents:
- Contents; Chapter 1 Latino America: an Introduction; Part I Understanding Latinos and their Place in the Polity; Chapter 2 Unity and Diversity; Chapter 3 Ronald Reagan Was Wrong: Latino Ideology and Beliefs about Government; Chapter 4 Now You See Us, Now You Don't: The Implications of Political Participation Lagging Population Growth; Part II Latinos at the Polls, 2008-2012; Chapter 5 The 2008 Democratic Primary; Chapter 6 nNovember 2008: The Latino Vote in Obama's General Election Landslide; Chapter 7 What the GOP Victory in 2010 Has to Say about Latino Political Power
- Chapter 8 A "Decisive Voting Bloc" in 2012Chapter 9 The Prop 187 Effect: The politics of Immigration and Lessons from California; Chapter 10 Immigration Politicsand the 2014 Election; Chapter 11 Obamacare from the Latino Perspective; Chapter 12 Latino Environmental Attitudes; Chapter 13 Some final Thoughts; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61039-502-6
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