Since 2020, half of new voters are Latino
America’s demographics are changing, and so is its electorate. In this year’s election, 36 million Latinos are eligible to vote – almost twice as many as 20 years ago. Since the 2020 presidential election, half of the country’s new voters are Latino.
Latino people now account for one in seven voters, and their votes could prove decisive.
On the political scene, Latino voters represent a sleeping giant, one that has been slowly waking up. Their turnout rate, while still well below that of the country’s other ethnic groups, has been increasing every year. In 2020, for the first time in the US, over half of all Latino voters turned up to the polls.
The impact of this demographic group’s turnout will largely depend on how efficient the two rival parties are at convincing undecided voters to go to the polls. Two months before the election, more than half of all Latino Americans had not yet been contacted by the Democrats or Republicans to register to vote. The traditionally Democratic-leaning Latino vote is becoming less predictable
In the race for the White House, Latino voters have, traditionally, broadly supported Democratic candidates. Only figures who were […]
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