Academy Forum | Latino Voters, Demographic Determinism, and the Myth of an Inevitable Democratic Party Majority

October 9, 2024
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. ET
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Álvaro J. Corral and David L. Leal, with discussant Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, explored Latino voters and the myth of an inevitable Democratic Party majority. Moderated by Marylena Mantas, with a welcome from Robert Y. Shapiro

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Authors

ÁLVARO J. CORRAL is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Texas—Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas. His research has focused on the ways that intragroup diversity and immigration shape the public opinion and voting behavior of Latino voters in the United States.

DAVID L. LEAL is a professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His primary academic interest is Latino politics, and his work explores the political and policy implications of demographic change. He teaches classes such as Latino Politics, Immigration Politics, Politics and Religion, and British Politics.

Discussant

MARA CECILIA OSTFELD is the research director at the Center for Racial Justice, and an associate research professor in the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She is an expert in survey research and the analysis of public opinion, with a particular focus on the relationship between race, gender, media and political attitudes.

Welcome

ROBERT Y. SHAPIRO is President of The Academy of Political Science and Editor of Political Science Quarterly. He is also the Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government in the Department Political Science and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Moderator

MARYLENA MANTAS is Associate and Managing Editor of Political Science Quarterly and Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs at Sacred Heart University.

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