{"id":447959,"date":"2010-03-19T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/?p=79783"},"modified":"2010-03-19T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T19:00:10","slug":"immigration-latino-turnout-could-swing-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/447959","title":{"rendered":"Immigration, Latino Turnout Could Swing Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Latino community could have a disproportionate impact on this year’s midterm elections, according to a new poll<\/a> by America\u2019s Voice, a pro-immigration reform organization. The study found that 73 percent of respondents are very likely to vote in November, and 20 percent said they were somewhat likely to vote. Sixty-five percent of all respondents said they were more likely to support Democrats in the House and Senate than Republicans; 20 percent said they planned to vote Republican.<\/p>\n

The study found that immigration is a key issue for Latinos: 72 percent said they would not consider voting for a candidate who supports mass deportation of illegal immigrants. A majority of respondents trust Democrats in Congress over Republicans to do “the right thing” on immigration.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the release of a report<\/a> by America’s Voice in February, which was recently updated, on the Latino influence on state races, The Washington Post reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“Most politicians understand the importance of the Latino vote in presidential years, but what we’re saying is that Latino voters will have a huge impact in the mid-term elections,” Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, said on a conference call with reporters Monday. “The number of voters coming of age and registering continues to grow. You have seen growth even when a presidential race isn’t at the top of the ticket.”<\/p>\n

Nearly one in five Congressional Districts has a Latino population that is at least a quarter of the district.<\/p>\n

The nation’s fastest growing population is also one of the fastest growing parts of the American electorate, according to Census figures<\/a>. Between 2000 and 2008, Latino voter registration grew 54 percent and turnout grew 64 percent. In the 2004 presidential race, 7.5 million Hispanics voted. In the 2006 midterm election, 8 million voted. And in the 2008 presidential race, 10 million cast ballots.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Latino community could have a disproportionate impact on this year’s midterm elections, according to a new poll by America\u2019s Voice, a pro-immigration reform organization. The study found that 73 percent of respondents are very likely to vote in November, and 20 percent said they were somewhat likely to vote. Sixty-five percent of all respondents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}