Latino voters in electoral vote-rich states such as Texas, Florida and California can make a statewide electoral vote outcome difference if as few as 3-4% of Latino voters switch parties or change their candidate preferences, according to an analysis of recently-released Census data on the 2004 election, conducted by the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) at the University of Southern California. Percent of Latino vote1 needed to make a 1% shift in statewide elections for top 10 Latino states in 2004
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