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The Democratic Party shouldn’t count on Latinos swinging many midterm races their way this year. To start with, immigration status limits the political impact of this group. The impact of the Latino vote on Senate and House races in 2018 is likewise limited by geographic factors. The assumption that Latinos outraged by Trump’s immigration policies will come out en masse to vote against his party reveals\u00a0another errant assumption<\/a>\u00a0about this voter segment\u2014namely, that all Latinos\u00a0care about<\/a>…\u2026.. \u00a0 Photo credit: https:\/\/newstaco.com\/2016\/10\/25\/this-is-the-moment-of-truth-for-latino-voters\/ Steffen W. Schmidt, Iowa State University The Democratic Party shouldn’t count on Latinos swinging many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[736,989,990],"tags":[1390],"ppma_author":[565],"class_list":["post-5084566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ct-opinion","category-ma-opinion","category-ri-opinion","tag-hispanics-and-midterm-electionslatino-voters"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jermaine Smith","author_link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/author\/jay\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"\u00a0 Photo credit: https:\/\/newstaco.com\/2016\/10\/25\/this-is-the-moment-of-truth-for-latino-voters\/ Steffen W. 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\nApproximately 27.3 million U.S. Latinos are eligible to vote in November’s midterm elections\u201412 percent of all eligible voters, according to the\u00a0Pew Research Center.
\nDemocrats\u00a0hope<\/a>\u00a0that this big bloc of voters will punish Republicans for President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies. They are courting Latinos in red states like\u00a0Arizona<\/a>\u00a0and Florida.
\nBut the so-called “Latino vote” has always been\u00a0more promise than reality<\/a>\u00a0for Democrats. My\u00a0political science research<\/a>\u00a0indicates that a Latino blue wave is not likely to tip the upcoming election in Democrats’ favor.<\/p>\n1. Eligibility and Turnout<\/h2>\n
\nAccording to U.S. Census Bureau figures, only 44 percent of U.S. Latinos are eligible to vote, a lower proportion than Asian, African-American and white voters.
\nLatino voter turnout has also been historically low. In the 2016 U.S. election, Pew finds, only 48 percent of eligible Latino voters\u00a0cast a ballot, compared to 65.3 percent of whites and 59.6 percent of blacks.
\nGerrymandering of congressional districts and onerous voter registration barriers also significantly\u00a0diminish Latinos’ voting power<\/a>.
\nSome U.S. Latinos are highly likely to vote, including older voters with a college degree and Cuban-Americans.
\nBut just one in three voting-aged Latinos under 29 voted in the last presidential election. Turnout was even lower among Latinos with less than a high school diploma.
\nFully 20 percent of U.S. Latino voters fall into this low-turnout category.<\/p>\n2. The Location of Swing Districts<\/h2>\n
\nMore than half (52 percent) of all Latinos eligible to vote live in California, Texas and New York. Congressional candidates in these states already understand the\u00a0power of Latino voters<\/a>, who have been decisive players in at least two dozen districts since the 1980s. Candidates successfully target Latino constituents in their\u00a0media campaigns and outreach work<\/a>.
\nIn four big swing states, on the other hand \u2013 Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina and Ohio \u2013 Latinos make up 5 percent or less of eligible voters.
\nAs a result, Latino voters may be decisive for Democrats in just a handful of races: those occurring in states with\u00a0competitive districts and significant Latino populations, including Virginia, Florida, Texas, Arizona and California.
\nIn my view, the Latino vote could help push Democrats to victory in just seven races in five states. These include\u00a0Virginia’s 10th district<\/a>, in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.; Texas’ southwestern 23rd and suburban 7th districts;\u00a0Florida’s 26th district<\/a>, which includes Miami; and Arizona’s\u00a0Tucson-based 2nd district.<\/p>\n3. Latinos Aren’t Single-Issue Voters<\/h2>\n
\nTo read full article, please visit: http:\/\/www.latinorebels.com\/2018\/08\/20\/antitrumplatinovoters\/<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"