Monday, September 02, 2013

More on Hispanic Voting.


Source: "Mapping the Latino Population, By State, County and City"
In my previous post I showed that Hispanic American voting participation is low. Surprise, surprise, Hispanic Americans are concentrated in in states that border Mexico as well as Florida.

I quote from the Pew Research Hispanic Trends Project:
More than four-in-ten (44%) Hispanics in Texas are eligible to vote, ranking Texas 17th nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, more than three-quarters (78%) of the state’s white population is eligible to vote.
 Perhaps we need another Voting Rights Act to enfranchise Hispanic Americans.

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