{"id":41864,"date":"2015-06-25T14:41:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T18:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/?p=41864"},"modified":"2015-06-25T15:17:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T19:17:30","slug":"dominicanos-usa-revela-los-logros-del-primer-ano-y-los-resultados-de-una-investigacion-pionera-la-primera-de-su-clase-sobre-las-percepciones-y-actitudes-politicas-de-los-dominico-americanos-en-nueva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/dominicanos-usa-revela-los-logros-del-primer-ano-y-los-resultados-de-una-investigacion-pionera-la-primera-de-su-clase-sobre-las-percepciones-y-actitudes-politicas-de-los-dominico-americanos-en-nueva\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominicanos USA unveils 1st year accomplishments, and results of ground-breaking first-of-its-kind research on the political perceptions and attitudes of Dominican-Americans in New York, Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><br \/>\n  <head><br \/>\n    <META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/META><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}<\/p>\n<p>BODY {\nFONT-SIZE: 0.83em; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\nA {\nCOLOR: blue\n}\n#divWide\n{\nmargin:0;\nmargin-top:1.33em;\n}\nLI {\nFONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><\/head><br \/>\n  <body topmargin=\"0\" leftmargin=\"0\"><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div id=\"divHeadline\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin headline --><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\n        <b>Dominicanos USA\u00a0unveils\u00a01st\u00a0year accomplishments,\u00a0and\u00a0results of ground-breaking first-of-its-kind research\u00a0on the political perceptions and attitudes of Dominican-Americans\u00a0in New York, Rhode Island<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <!-- #End headline -->\n    <\/div>\n<div id=\"divBody\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin release --><br \/>\n<!-- #Begin Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divWide\">\n<p>NEW YORK, June 25, 2015 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Following a successful first year as\u00a0the\u00a0nation&#8217;s first and only\u00a0voter registration, mobilization, and education organization geared towards Dominican American voters, Dominicanos USA (DUSA)\u00a0on Thursday\u00a0revealed\u00a0it had registered more than 75,000 Dominican Americans in their first year\u00a0of\u00a0voter registration\u00a0efforts, tripling the number of registrants since the organization&#8217;s launch last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DUSA also unveiled <a href=\"http:\/\/dominicanosusa.org\/dominicanos-usa-unveils-accomplishments-results\/\" target=\"_blank\">the findings of\u00a0a groundbreaking\u00a0political\u00a0research\u00a0project\u00a0<\/a>and focus groups on Dominican-American political perceptions and attitudes.\u00a0The poll was conducted in partnership with Latino Decisions, a top Latino political opinion and research firm. The top findings include:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>The most important issues to Dominican American voters and potential voters are\u00a0jobs and the economy (29%), school reform and improvement\u00a0(23%), and\u00a0housing affordability\u00a0(20%).\u00a0\u00a0 Additionally, Healthcare\u00a0(7%), and Immigration\u00a0(13%)\u00a0were also issues of concern. Priority issues also varied depending on specific geographic area. <\/li>\n<li>Many of those surveyed believe there are considerable barriers to participation that keep them from fully integrating into civic life and that more advocacy would help in that regard. \u00a091% of registered voters believe that more local Dominican-focused civic advocacy groups that help raise the voice of Dominican Americans are needed. \u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>News consumption attitudes found that the majority (70%) of\u00a0Dominican\u00a0Americans surveyed, even those that had assimilated, preferred Spanish-language and bilingual news\u00a0outlets to only English language outlets. Specifically 36% of Dominican American voters prefer to consume their information equally in both languages, while 34% prefer exclusively Spanish language. <\/li>\n<li>There is a very strong transnationalism in the U.S.-based Dominican American community. \u00a070% of Dominican-Americans surveyed feel a deep-rooted connection with the Dominican Republic that keep them\u00a0interested in and\u00a0knowledgeable about\u00a0issues that are happening on the island nation.\u00a0 43% have a medium level of engagement with island affairs while 27% are highly engaged. \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8220;This first-of its kind, ground-breaking research commissioned by DUSA and executed by Latino Decisions, comes at the perfect time for our organization to\u00a0prioritize and maximize our resources in order to educate and mobilize Dominican Americans on the issues they care most about,&#8221;\u00a0said Manuel Matos, attorney, community leader, and DUSA board member who serves as the group&#8217;s spokesperson. \u00a0&#8220;It also gives us an opportunity to continue learning the best and most effective ways to communicate to this vital and potentially powerful community who is hungry for better and more robust advocacy and help in navigating the democratic process so they can become full fledged participants in civic life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The survey findings, coupled with\u00a0the\u00a0unprecedented\u00a075,000\u00a0voters DUSA\u00a0has\u00a0already registered\u00a0in the last year,\u00a0underscore\u00a0the potential that exists for Dominican-American voters to become much more involved in local, state, and national elections.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DUSA is answering\u00a0this call to elevate the voice of Dominicans and we recognize\u00a0that the work does not end with voter registration alone.\u00a0 We look forward to engaging many more Dominican American voters, helping them become the architects of their own futures and that of their families in this great country,&#8221; said Matos. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to the study, wages, jobs and the economy, education, and housing are\u00a0the top issues of\u00a0critical importance to our community, which underscores the misperception that Latino communities are only concerned with issues of immigration,&#8221; said Eddie Cuesta, DUSA&#8217;s New York State Director. &#8220;Moving forward, DUSA is committed to helping\u00a0the\u00a0community\u00a0find meaningful ways of having their voices heard on\u00a0these issues, and of holding their elected officials accountable to fully represent their community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Natalia Rosa, DUSA&#8217;s Rhode Island State Director noted that, &#8220;The research has presented a new lens through which we can understand both barriers and opportunities for our community in Rhode Island and New York. \u00a0DUSA is committed to expanding this operation to ensure more Dominican American voters\u00a0in feel like they have a seat at the table in our democratic process.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i><u>About Dominicanos USA:<\/u><\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>Dominicanos USA is\u00a0a 501C-3 non-profit and nonpartisan organization\u00a0that seeks to empower, educate and mobilize Dominican American voters. 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