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Just some breakdowns (note: the data may change as the results are polished),
- 75% of all Latin@s voted for Obama
- 81% age 18-30 voted for Obama
- 78% of Central American origin voted for Obama
- 79% of Mexican origin voted for Obama
- 96% of Dominican@s voted for Obama [sheeeesh]
- 83% of Puerto Ricans voted for Obama
- 77% of all Latin@ women voted for Obama
- 80% of naturalized Latin@s voted for Obama
And according to this NBC Latin@ article,
Latino voters were key in delivering battleground states.In Colorado, 87 percent of Latinos voted for Obama. In Ohio, it was 82 percent, and in Virginia, it was 66 percent. Strong Latino Democratic support also played a big factor in key Senate races. In Massachusetts, Obama got 89 percent of the Latino vote, and Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren received 86 percent of the Latino vote, “one of the decisive factors in putting her over the top,” according to Barreto.
From the same article,
At 23 percent, Governor Romney’s Latino support is dramatically lower than Bush’s support in 2004, and John McCain’s 31 percent Latino support.” ”Republicans have to evaluate what policy platforms they will be endorsing, and how they communicate with Latino voters,” says Barreto.
Analysts were throwing out 40% as the magical percentage that Mitt Romney needed from the Latin@ vote and to say the very least, he failed big time. The preliminary data make the Republican platform seem unsustainable moving forward but only if Democrats keep enthusiasm high amongst Latin@s (especially 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation Latin@s) moving forward and with the assumption that Republicans don’t alter their party platform to accommodate the growing Latin@ vote. Obviously it has been all talk and there will be studies that claim that the impact maybe wasn’t as big as the election night talk but there are at least some some preliminary figures that indicate that at least some of the speculation surrounding Latin@s finally “came to fruition”, as political scientist Matt Barreto of the University of Washington notes, where President Obama and Democrats needed them.
I also want to highlight that of the naturalized Latin@ voters, 80% voted for President and 81% voted for Democratic candidates in the House of Reps. That’s huge (even if the total number may be small) so Democrats (hint hint) in office and those of you reading this who identify as Democrats, y’all should pay attention or apply pressure or do something to sustain or increase those numbers moving forward and you know, not deport 1,000,000 and counting.
Now if you’ve made it this far, I salute you and listen to Mexican legend Vicente Fernandez performing the superb Dean Martin song Return to Me (Regresa A Mí) alongside the great Tony Bennett. It was meant to be.
I agree with Mishtun, what a stupid and embarrassing source of “division” within a community. However by community I mean individuals to whom this matters in this vulgar manner (which at the moment luckily isn’t many.) Idiots.
The answer is clearly NO. By the way, I refuse to link to this piece even if it doesn’t make the claim that he is the first Latin@ president.
As long as I’m alive, I will work towards making sure that the deportations that occurred under his presidency become a prominent part of his legacy.
For the first time, the number of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanics enrolled in college exceeded 2 million and reached a record 16.5% share of all college enrollments. And one-in-four (24.7%) public elementary school students were Hispanic—another first. See more in our new education report.
The first footnote, “The terms “Latino” and “Hispanic” are used interchangeably in this report.” Whoops, this is a problem.
With that said, the data is still interesting.
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Coming Out: A Confession from a Harvard Student
Both were successful individuals, but thanks to the instability of the Fujimori regime, my parents lost everything. Both of them held university degrees, but as is the case with many professional immigrants, Mom and Dad saw themselves relegated to unfulfilling work once settled in America.
This reminds me of one of the waiters at the Salvadoran restaurant in Berkeley, California; he was a university professor back home but over here he’s a waiter.
