The Impact of Health Care and Immigration Reform on Latino Support for President Obama and Congress

At the start of their term, the Obama administration pledged to reform two failing policy systems in the United States: immigration and health care. The Latino populations’ attitudes toward these two critical policy areas are particularly relevant due to the large foreign born population in the Lati...

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Published inHispanic journal of behavioral sciences Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 3 - 22
Main Authors Sanchez, Gabriel R., Medeiros, Jillian, Sanchez-Youngman, Shannon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.02.2012
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Access to Health Care
Approval
Attitudes
Community Colleges
Decision Making
Elections
Health care
Health Care Services
Health Insurance
Health Services
Hispanic Americans
Immigration
Immigration Policy
Latin American Cultural Groups
Management
Policy Formation
Policy Reform
Political Influences
Presidents
Public Policy
Rating
Reform
Role
Surveys
Voting
United States > US
USA
immigration reform
Latinos
health reform
approval ratings
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Summary:At the start of their term, the Obama administration pledged to reform two failing policy systems in the United States: immigration and health care. The Latino populations’ attitudes toward these two critical policy areas are particularly relevant due to the large foreign born population in the Latino community and the large number of Latinos who lack health insurance. Yet studies have not examined what factors shape Latino approval ratings and whether support for health and immigration reform affect Latino approval ratings of the current administration. We use the 2009 Latino Decisions survey and find that the foundations of Latino approval ratings are political in nature, with support for health and immigration policy reform driving support of the current administration. Given the vital role the Latino electorate played during the 2008 election, the success of these two policy reform efforts may have major implications for the 2012 elections.
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ISSN:0739-9863
1552-6364
DOI:10.1177/0739986311429427