Young Latino Voters on the Rise
Tagged: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, hispanic voters, Pew Hispanic, population
For years, Hispanics have lagged behind other voters in their political clout, in part because so many of them were under 18.
But now, 400,000 U.S.-born Latinos a year are joining the voting-age population by turning 18. More than 5 million Latino citizens, either U.S.-born or naturalized, were ages 18 to 29 as of September 2007, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
The power of that fast-growing slice of the Latino vote may soon be put to the test in Texas, where Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are competing fiercely for the support of Hispanic voters in the state’s March 4 Democratic primary.”*
*From: ap.google.com
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