Latinos Prove to be Influential in US Politics

[i] “U.S. Hispanic Country-of-Origin Counts for Nation, Top 30 Metropolitan Areas” Mark Hugo Lopez and Daniel Dockterman, Pew Hispanic Center, Washington D.C., May 26, 2011.

[ii] “The Hispanic Vote in the 2008 Election” Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Hispanic Center, Washington D.C., November 5, 2008.

[iii] “President Obama Rededicates Himself on Puerto Rico Trip Aimed at Courting Latinos, Raising Campaign Cash,” Devin Dwyer, ABC News, June 14, 2011,http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-rededicates-puerto-rico-trip-aimed-courting/story?id=13833837 accessed 6/16/11

[iv] “U.S. Hispanic Country-of-Origin Counts for Nation, Top 30 Metropolitan Areas” Mark Hugo Lopez and Daniel Dockterman, Pew Hispanic Center, Washington D.C., May 26, 2011.

[v] impreMedia/Latino Decisions, Poll Results June 9, 2011,http://faculty.washington.edu/mbarreto/ld/June_banners.html accessed 6/16/11

[vi] “Hispanics and the 2004 Election:Population, Electorate and Voters” Roberto Suro, Richard Fry, Jeffrey Passel, Pew Hispanic Center, Washington D.C., June 27, 2005

[vii] Latino Decisions poll

[viii] “Bloomberg Says No Immigration Reform is ‘National Suicide,’” Andrew OReilly, Latin America News Dispatch, June 15, 2011,http://latindispatch.com/2011/06/15/bloomberg-says-no-immigration-reform-is-national-suicide/ accessed 6/16/11