7.24.2007
The Latino Electorate: An Analysis of the 2006 Election
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Did Latinos register and vote at higher rates in the mid-term elections of 2006? This fact sheet is based on data from a supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS) that is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau every November of an election year. It also includes voting and registration data for both whites and blacks.
Other Resources
November 27, 2006: Latinos and the 2006 Mid-term Election, Pew Hispanic Center
October 2, 2006: Hispanics and the 2006 Election, Pew Hispanic Center
June 27, 2006: Hispanics and the 2004 Election: Population, Electorate and Voters, Pew Hispanic Center
Hispanics accounted for half of the population growth in the United States between the elections of 2000 and 2004 but only one-tenth of the increase in the total votes cast, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. This gap between the very substantial growth of the Hispanic population and much more modest growth in Hispanic electoral clout has been developing for a generation but has widened considerably in recent years.
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