SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The campaign to reinstate affirmative action in overwhelmingly Democratic California had money, momentum and big-name backers, including Black celebrities Issa Rae and Ava DuVernay, but voters in the most populated state rejected the measure. Supporters of Proposition 16 signaled before Election Day that the race would be…

The most dangerous implication of this election is that millions accept a fictitious world created by an autocrat and marketed by Fox News. This is going to be a scorched earth column, so buckle up. Yes, former Vice President Joe Biden may squeak out a victory. But even if he…

By: PTI | Washington | November 4, 2020 5:36:44 pm Ritchie Torres, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 15th Congressional District, speaks to the media on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)Democrat Partys Ritchie Torres has made history by becoming…

That we should never again put as much stock in public opinion polls, and those who interpret them, as weve grown accustomed to doing. Polling seems to be irrevocably broken, or at least our understanding of how seriously to take it is. The supposedly commanding lead that Joe Biden carried…

Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton has blamed Republican propaganda for the lower than expected Democratic Latino vote in Florida’s Miami Dade county, which was a major part of why former Vice President Joe Biden lost the pivotal state to President Donald Trump. The Quote “We don’t have the same…

Kristin Urquiza was one of the many new but unheralded faces at the virtual Democratic National Convention in August. Then she dropped the hammer. Her father, Mark Anthony Urquiza, had faith in President Donald Trump, she said. He voted for Trump and listened to him about how the coronavirus was…

President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with Vice President Mike Pence (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Voters on both sides of the nations widening political divide prepared Monday to render a verdict on President Donald Trumps four…

LiveUpdated Nov. 2, 2020, 4:08 p.m. ET Nov. 2, 2020, 4:08 p.m. ET Heres what you need to know: A federal judge denies a bid by Texas Republicans to throw out more than 127,000 votes. More than 97 million Americans have already voted, over two-thirds of 2016s total. The power to…

The Latino population in Wisconsin continues to grow, and with that growth comes political influence.   From 2000 to 2015, Wisconsins population grew by 405,000 and Latinos, who total nearly 400,000 in Wisconsin, accounted for roughly 46% of that growth, according to a Department of Health Service report.  The Latino community…

We’ve heard countless experts argue that Latinos “will decide the 2020 election,” but can either Donald Trump or Joe Biden win big with Latinx voters? There are 32 million Latinos eligible to vote in the November elections — the second-largest ethno-racial voting bloc in the country. The “sleeping giant” is…