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National Public Radio Interviews Adam J. Segal of JHU's Hispanic Voter Project
NPR: Through Ads, Candidates Vie For Hispanic Voters
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92212374
July 6, 2008

Columnist Gebe Martinez Cites JHU's Hispanic Voter Project Research in National Column
Politico: Spanish-language media key to victory with Latinos
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10983.html
June 11, 2008

Latest Report from JHU's Hispanic Voter Project
Democratic candidates spend millions of dollars on Univision, Telemundo stations this year
Initial Findings: Spanish-Language Advertising in the 2008 Presidential Campaign
April 9, 2008

Associated Press Reports on Hispanic Voter Project's Latest Study
AP: Democrats spending more on Spanish-language presidential ads
April 9, 2008

HVP's Adam J. Segal was interviewed in Las Vegas by CNN
CNN: Democrats Vie for Nevada's Latino vote
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/17/ latino.vote/index.html

HVP's Adam J. Segal was quoted in a major CNN.com feature on the Hispanic vote.
CNN.com -- Inside the Hispanic vote: Growing in numbers, growing in diversity
September 28, 2007

HVP's Adam J. Segal was quoted in an article in ADWEEK's Marketing y Medios
Marketing y Medios -- Univision Opens Door for Ad Spending Rise. Presidential campaign ads expected to grow.
September 17, 2007

HVP's Adam J. Segal appeared on Bloomberg Television to discuss the Hispanic vote in 2008.
August 15, 2007

HVP research cited by the Wall Street Journal in an article on the Hispanic vote.
WSJ -- Hispanic Voters Flex Political Muscle
July 14, 2007

Adam J. Segal quoted on the Hispanic vote in Washington Post article.
May 22, 2007

Read The Washington Post story about the latest Hispanic Voter Project research.

Total 2004 Spanish-Language TV Ad Spending by Market and Campaign
By Adam J. Segal, February 2006

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Latest Report: Bikini Politics: Covering Only the Essential Parts of the Body Politic. An Interim Report on Hispanic Communications Strategies in Battleground States in the 2004 Presidential Election
By Adam J. Segal, September 2004
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Spanish-Language Advertising in the 2004 Presidential Primaries and the Start of the General Election Battle for the Hispanic Vote
By Adam J. Segal, March 2004
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What was the buzz about Hispanic Tuesday?
Hispanic Tuesday: The Hispanic Vote and the 2004 Democratic Primaries
by Adam J. Segal, June/July 2003
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The Hispanic Priority: The Spanish-Language Television Battle for the Hispanic Vote in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election
by Adam J. Segal, January 2003
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The Hispanic Voter Project at Johns Hopkins University is based at the university's Washington Center for the Study of American Government in Washington, DC. The Project's goal is to draw attention to the growing political importance of the nation's Hispanic American voters and to examine efforts by political parties, candidates, and interest groups to reach these voters. The Hispanic Voter Project's groundbreaking non-partisan research has drawn national attention in the media and academia. It has become the source for the most accurate and up-to-date information on this important emerging topic.

Adam J. Segal, the Hispanic Voter Project's director, began his series of election studies while completing his Master's thesis on the 2000 presidential campaign at Johns Hopkins University -- see "The Hispanic Priority" (January/February 2003). Through interviews with campaign officials, strategists, network and television affiliate staffers, analysis of news reports from across the nation, and with support from researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Campaign Media Analysis Group, Segal compiled the most comprehensive independent information on Spanish-language campaign television advertising ever made available. The Hispanic Voter Project reported that a record $16 million was spent on Spanish-language and bilingual political advertising to reach Hispanic voters in the 2002 election.

The Hispanic Voter Project's research efforts at Johns Hopkins University have received major national media attention. CNN's Inside Politics, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Orlando Sentinel, Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, EFE, The Washington Times, MSNBC and dozens of other major national, regional, and local newspapers and news organizations have covered the Project's reports. The Project has been frequently cited by National Journal's Hotline and ABCNews.com's The Note, two of Washington's most-read sources of political breaking news.

One report, in 2002, drew significant attention in Florida where Governor Jeb Bush and his campaign attacked Democratic challenger, lawyer Bill McBride, using the study's findings that McBride had not been airing any Spanish-language television or radio advertisements.

Post-Election Panel and Report - November 21, 2002
The Hispanic Voter Project hosted a 2002 post-election panel discussion at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. A panel of experts discussed the Hispanic vote and efforts utilized by candidates and parties to reach Hispanic voters. At the event the Project released a final report on spending on Spanish-language television advertising in the 2002 campaign.

Ongoing Research
The Hispanic Voter Project will continue its cutting-edge research into party, candidate, and interest group efforts to reach Hispanic voters.

In addition to his work with the Hispanic Voter Project, Adam J. Segal is a Faculty Lecturer in the Master's in Communication Program in Johns Hopkins University's Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Advanced Academic Programs. He designed and teaches two courses, "Ethnic Marketing and Political Communication" and "Internet Strategies," to Master's degree students in the Communication Program. He recently initiated the Johns Hopkins University Internet Project.

Contact Information
Adam J. Segal
Director
Hispanic Voter Project
Washington Center for the Study of American Government
Johns Hopkins University
(202) 422-4673 (phone)
adamjsegal@jhu.edu

Adam J. Segal's Blog on Marketing to Hispanic Voters and More