Survey Shows Latino Attitudes on Iraq War, Economy, Presidential Election

1/6/2004

From: Margarita Studemeister, 202-452-8967, Barbara Beck, 215-569-3793, or Sharon Gallagher, 215-569-4976, all of the Pew Hispanic Center

News Advisory:

How does the Hispanic population feel about the war in Iraq since the capture of Saddam Hussein? Is support for the war higher among U.S.-born than foreign-born Latinos? Is there more concern among Latinos for the economy or future terrorist attacks? How do Hispanics rate the job that George Bush is doing as President of the United States? And are they leaning toward a Democrat or a Republican candidate in the November 2004 presidential election? With less than two weeks before the Iowa Caucuses, the Pew Hispanic Center will release new poll results on Latino attitudes on these issues.

WHO:

The Pew Hispanic Center ( http://www.pewhispanic.org ), a project of the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication.

WHAT:

The poll results will identify important changes in Hispanic attitudes toward Iraq, the economy and the presidential election. The sample is nationally representative of the Latino adult population in terms of gender, age, education, national origin, and U.S. region.

WHEN:

The Pew Hispanic Center poll will be released at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Jan. 8, with a telephone press briefing by Roberto Suro, the Center's director, and Sergio Bendixen, president of Bendixen & Associates, the Coral Gables, Florida-based public opinion research company that conducted the fieldwork. WHERE:

The press briefing can be accessed by calling 1-800-860-2442 and asking for the Pew Hispanic Center call. Embargoed copies of the report will be available at 9 a.m. EDT Thursday, Jan. 8, on the Center's website: http://www.pewhispanic.org.