NALEO - Turning Numbers Into Clout

Latino Political Power:
Turning Numbers into Clout
Arturo Vargas
Executive Director
NALEO Educational Fund
San Antonio, Texas
June 23, 2011

2008 Presidential Elections
Reapportionment
GOP Latino voters deliver critical win to McCain in Florida.
Democratic Latino voters save Hilary Clinton’s primary campaign.
Record Latino turnout – 28% increase over 2004.
Latinos reshape the political map, including those with emerging Latino communities.
Assoc. Press

2010 Midterm Elections
Reapportionment
NALEO Educational Fund projects 6.5 million Latinos will vote – 6.6 million do.
Latino voters deliver victory to U.S. Senators Harry Reid and Michael Bennet.
Several GOP Latino milestones:
Marco Rubio elected to U.S. Senate
First Latino Governor of NV
First elected Latina Governor of any state (NM)
Latino GOP Members of Congress increased from 3 to 7, including the first Latino U.S. Representatives from Idaho and Washington.

2010 Census – Latino Growth
Reapportionment
The overall population increases by 10%. Latino population grows 43%, and reaches 50.5 million mark.
Latinos are 56% of America’s growth.
Latinos prevent net population decline in IL, NJ, NY, & other states.
South sees dramatic Latino growth – NC Latino population doubles (111%).
Texas sees largest pop. increase in nation – 4.3 million. Latinos account for 65% of that growth.

2010 Census – Latino Youth
Reapportionment
On April 1, 2010, almost 1 in 4 youth (under 18) in the United States was Latino.

More than half the youth in California and New Mexico are Latino.

About 40% of Arizona and Nevada youth are Latino.
In 2009, 92% of Latinos under 18 years of age were born in the United States.

Decennial Reapportionment
Reapportionment

2012 Projected Latino Vote

Growth, and Continued Need
Latino CVAP, Registration, and Turnout in General Elections

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