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Latino Attitudes toward Various Areas of Public Policy

The Importance of Acculturation

Rice University, Houston, Texas

The growth of the Latino population and the increasing political importance of this group leads to questions about the potential political importance of this group. As such, it is important to gain a better understanding of political attitudes among Latinos. This study focuses on the relationship between Latino acculturation and attitudes toward immigration-and non-immigration-related public policies. The results indicate that Latino attitudes toward immigration related issues as well as other more general policy items vary as a function of one's level of acculturation.

Key Words: Latino attitudes • public opinion • public policy

Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 2, 293-303 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907301983


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