by Hector De Leon | May 28, 2020 | Other Perspectives
Did having a person of color on the #Presidential_Ticket in 2008 and 2012 raise voter turnout among the #Democratic_Party’s most loyal constituency? A comparison of the total number of registered voters and total ballots cast in the 2012 and 2016 Presidential...
by Hector De Leon | Mar 13, 2020 | Other Perspectives
“This is like gridlock on the 405.” A resilient voter in Los Angeles County expressed this sentiment, comparing the voting experience to driving on the nation’s busiest Interstate Highway, as he stood in line to vote in the March 3, 2020, Super...
by Hector De Leon | Apr 8, 2018 | Other Perspectives
Misogyny exists in every segment of society and takes different forms. This is a lesson I learned witnessing how decisions made by the patriarch of my family had a profound impact on the lives of my sisters. As a pre-teen, I remember my older sister coming home at a...
by Hector De Leon | Oct 6, 2014 | Other Perspectives
A Houston Chronicle story titled “Houston most Hispanic part of country without Hispanic in Congress” spurred online reader comments promoting the idea that race should not matter in electing a representative from a Congressional “opportunity district” (a political...
by Hector De Leon | May 19, 2014 | Other Perspectives
In the midst of the historic 2008 Presidential Election, an article about the surge in “Multiracial Americans” and their quest for understanding appeared on the website of a major news organization. The story was about Americans whose origins are of mixed...
