As a scholar on the forefront of the emerging field of Latino political affiliation, Victoria DeFrancesco Soto has become highly sought after by media eager to gauge the voting behaviors and political influence of the country’s largest and fastest growing minority group.
When she’s not teaching courses on political marketing and American politics, DeFrancesco Soto serves as a regular political analyst for CNN en Espanol and has provided political insight on “The Today Show,” “The Situation Room,” NPR and FOX on topics ranging from the DREAM Act to Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court confirmation to the contentious 2010 primary elections in Arizona and Florida. She’s also a regular blogger for the Huffington Post and Politico’s ARENA.
For DeFrancesco Soto, punditry is an extension of teaching. “Whether you’re a student sitting in my first row or a stay-at-home mom cooking dinner and listening to me on the radio,” she says, “I see it as the same.”
Her research on how ethnic group identity shapes political preferences led her to the burgeoning field of Latino political affiliation.
