Louis Desipio is assistant professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rodolfo O. de la Garza is Mike Hogg Professor of Community Affairs and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin.

• PART ONE NATIONAL OVERVIEW, 1 Latinos and the 1992 Elections: A National Perspective, PART TWO THE OLD RELIABLES: MEXICAN AMERICANS IN SMALL WESTERN STATES, 2 Conventional Politics Under Unusual Circumstances: Latinos and the 1992 Election in New Mexico, 3 An Essential Vote: Latinos and the 1992 Elections in Colorado, 4 Promise and Missed Opportunity: The 1992 Latino Vote in Arizona, PART THREE THE MUST-WINS: KEY STATES WITH LARGE LONG-TERM LATINO ELECTORATES, 5 Unrealized Expectations: Latinos and the 1992 Elections in Texas, 6 Theory, Reality, and Perpetual Potential: Latinos in the 1992 California Elections, PART FOUR THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: KEY STATES WITH NEW AND POTENTIALLY INFLUENTIAL LATINO ELECTORATES, 7 Leverage Without Influence: Illinois Latino Politics in 1992, 8 The Conservative Enclave Revisited: Cuban Americans in Florida, 9 Puerto Ricans in Postliberal New York: The 1992 Presidential Election,