Ethnic Ironies

Louis DeSipio is assistant professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Counting on the Latino Vote: Latinos as a New Electorate as well as the author and editor of a five-volume series on Latino political values, attitudes, and behaviours published by WestviewPress. Rodolfo O. de la Garza is Mike Hogg Professor of Community Affairs and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as vice president and director of research at the Tom225s Rivera Policy Institute. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including most recently Ethnic Ironies: Latino Politics in the 1992 Elections (WestviewPress 1996) and Bridging the Border: Transforming Mexico-U.S. Relations.Louis DeSipio is assistant professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Counting on the Latino Vote: Latinos as a New Electorate as well as the author and editor of a five-volume series on Latino political values, attitudes, and behaviours published by WestviewPress. Rodolfo O. de la Garza is Mike Hogg Professor of Community Affairs and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as vice president and director of research at the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including most recently Ethnic Ironies: Latino Politics in the 1992 Elections (WestviewPress 1996) and Bridging the Border: Transforming Mexico-U.S. Relations.

• Foreword -- National Overview -- Latinos and the 1992 Elections: ‍A National Perspective -- The Old Reliables: Mexican Americans in Small Western States -- Conventional Politics Under Unusual Circumstances: Latinos and the 1992 Election in New Mexico -- An Essential Vote: Latinos and the 1992 Elections in Colorado -- Promise and Missed Opportunity: The 1992 Latino Vote in Arizona -- The Must-Wins: Key States with Large Long-Term Latino Electorates -- Unrealized Expectations: Latinos and the 1992 Elections in Texas -- Theory, Reality, and Perpetual Potential: Latinos in the 1992 California Elections -- The New Kids on the Block: Key States with New and Potentially Influential Latino Electorates -- Leverage Without Influence: Illinois Latino Politics in 1992 -- The Conservative Enclave Revisited: Cuban Americans in Florida -- Puerto Ricans in Postliberal New York: The 1992 Presidential Election