Conference on Exit Polls and the Hispanic Vote: A Closer Look

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National Press Club Newsmaker News Conference on Exit Polls and the Hispanic Vote: A Closer Look - Dec. 2

To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor

Contact: Joseph Torres, 202-662-7143; Charlie Ericksen, 202-234-0280

News Advisory:

The National Press Club will hold a Morning Newsmaker news conference on exit polls and the Hispanic vote Thursday, Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. at the National Press Club, 13th Floor, 14th & F Streets NW, Washington, DC

Analysts and authorities will take a closer look at the Nov. 2 exit polls which showed a 10-point spread - from 34 percent to 44 percent - among major pollsters in assessing the Hispanic vote for President George W. Bush. They will also postulate on future Hispanic political loyalties.

Preliminary polling by the nonpartisan William C. Velasquez Institute, long regarded as the national authority, showed no significant change since 2000 in the Hispanic presidential vote, putting support for Bush at 34.2 percent. WCVI President Antonio Gonzalez will reveal the institute's final figures. Exit poll figures by Warren Mitkofsky, hired by the TV networks and other national media, placed Bush's Hispanic vote at 44 percent.

PANELISTS:

Jose de la Isla, author, "The Rise of Hispanic Political Power" (Archer), Houston

Antonio Gonzalez, president, William C. Velasquez Institute, Los Angeles

Patricia Guadalupe, Capitol Hill correspondent, Hispanic Business magazine and other national Latino outlets, including Puerto Rico.

Fourth panelist (to be identified)

MODERATOR:

Fresia Rodriguez Cadavid, editor, Hispanic Link Weekly Report, Washington, D.C.

WHEN: National Press Club "Newsmaker" News Conference, 10 a.m., Thursday, Dec.2

WHERE: National Press Club, National Press Building (13th Floor), 14th & F Streets NW, Washington, DC

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=40125

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