The Latino Vote and the 2016 Presidential Election with a Focus on Swing States
This presentation will examine Latino voter registration rates and voting rates in the presidential elections from 1992 through 2012 with projections to 2016. Latinos have had the lowest voter registration rates in the nation at 58% of all eligible voters, compared with about 73% among Non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks; and the lowest overall participation rate at 48% of all eligible voters compared with about 67% among Non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks. Potential Latino political influence has been mitigated by these low rates.