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Knowledge is Power!
The Latino vote is a force to be reckoned with, even during nonpresidential elections, according to a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Out of the 17 million Latinos living in this country who are eligible to vote, as many as 5.6 million showed up to the polls in 2006, up 18 percent from 2002. Meanwhile, voter turnout for whites that year was up only 7 percent from 2002; for Blacks, it was 5 percent. What’s surprising about these figures is that, typically, voter turnout is lower for congressional elections. So why did the Latinos hit the polls in such big numbers?”*
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