by Hector De Leon | May 28, 2020 | Other Perspectives
Data from Harris County, Texas, suggest that Barack Obama’s presence on the Democratic presidential ticket in 2008 and 2012 significantly increased voter participation in predominantly African American communities. A comparison of voter registration and turnout...
by Hector De Leon | May 3, 2020 | Educational Speeches
Facing the early afternoon glare, our eyes are partly closed while my son, my wife and I are at a Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO) rail station. It is the scene depicted in a photograph I found from 2004. A closer look shows that the squint and the prescription...
by Hector De Leon | Mar 13, 2020 | Other Perspectives
“This is like gridlock on the 405.” A resilient voter in Los Angeles County expressed this sentiment, comparing the voting experience to driving on the nation’s busiest Interstate Highway, as he stood in line to vote in the March 3, 2020, Super...
by Hector De Leon | Dec 28, 2019 | Featured 1
Several minutes before midnight on December 27, 1999—thirty-two days after Thanksgiving, two days after Christmas, and four days before the new year—my father took his last breath. According to my eldest sister, the nurse on duty was alerted but entered the room after...
by Hector De Leon | Oct 23, 2018 | CHARTS n TABLES
After SHATTERING the #midterm first-day #earlyvoting mark, #HarrisCntyTX #voters topped first-day early vote highs set in the historic 2008 and 2012 #PresidentialElections when Barrack Obama was on the ballot. Still, Harris County voters...
