In The News: Department of Political Science

EFE

The Republican onslaught against immigration ahead of the mid-term elections in the United States has failed to stop demographic changes in traditionally conservative states that are increasingly leaning towards immigration. Democrats win.

Le Point International

This electorate, traditionally Democrats, is very courted by the Republicans and could prove decisive for the whole of the United States.

Latin Times

Hispanic voters are hoping for a turnaround in the balance of power in the U.S. Midterm elections. With the Senate race about to come down to a few key states, political analysts are eyeing Hispanic voters to tip the balance in their favor.

Canadian Public Radio

The Latin American community is growing rapidly. Their vote will be decisive, in several states. They could decide the balance of power in Congress. Report by Jean-Sébastien Cloutier.

Yle

Nevada is one of a handful of states that could decide who wins the U.S. Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections. And Latino voters can decide who wins in the state.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Election day is Nov. 8 and people have been voting using early and mail-in methods for weeks. As the hours are counted down until votes are tallied and Nevadans start to receive a picture of the results, Dr. Rebecca Gill from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas weighs in on what to expect.

Gray DC

A lot of attention is on the state of Nevada as multiple House and Senate seats remain in play with control of Congress on the line.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Many races in Nevada’s 2022 election could go “red” or blue” due to the razor-slim margins for polls, according to a UNLV professor.

Las Vegas Review Journal

In 2020 Lynn Manning John, a member of the Duck Valley Shoshone Paiute Tribe, in Owyhee, collected around five ballots from residents in the reservation and drove about 90 miles both ways to Elko to put them in an official drop box.

Nevada Independent

On a chilly morning in an east Las Vegas strip mall, Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto made a pitch she’s made dozens, if not hundreds, of times in the past few months:

Las Vegas Sun

Nevada gaming companies have pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into political campaigns for the upcoming election, mainly favoring Democrats, according to financial disclosures.

Governing

The GOP stands a good chance of winning the elections for governor in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. A victory in Oregon would be the party's first since the 1980s.