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Matt Barreto


Issues Civil Rights, COVID-19, Democracy & Voting Rights, Demography & Population Studies

Faculty Director, UCLA LPPI and Professor of Political Science, UCLA
Division of Social Sciences

Matt Barreto is a professor of political science and Chicana/o studies at UCLA. Barreto came to UCLA in 2015 after serving as a professor of political science at the University of Washington, Seattle, and director of the Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity and Race. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from UC Irvine. His research examines the political participation of racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S., and he has taught various courses on racial and ethnic politics, the Voting Rights Act, elections, statistics, and American politics. Barreto has published nearly 50 peer-reviewed research articles, chapters and books that examine Latino public opinion, voting behavior, and racial politics in America. His books include “Ethnic Cues: The Role of Shared Ethnicity in Latino Political Behavior” (University of Michigan Press), “Change They Can’t Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America” (Princeton University Press), and “Latino America: How America’s Most Dynamic Population Is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation” (Public Affairs). 

With a background in Latino voting patterns, Barreto has co-authored the 2018 Midterm Elections & The Latino Vote, which focuses on the growing political impact of Latinos in elections, as well as Assessing Latino Vote Growth 2014 to 2018, an analysis of the growing Latino electorate. Barreto has been invited to brief the U.S. Senate, the White House and U.S. House committees, and he has been a keynote speaker at many national Latino-focused conferences, including NALEO, LULAC, CHCI, NCLR and others. Barreto has been an expert witness in numerous Voting Rights Act lawsuits, providing statistical analysis and testimony on vote dilution, racially polarized voting, and voter identification laws. His testimony and research reports were cited in decisions against voter identification laws in Texas, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

Reports from Matt Barreto

More in the Research Library
Amicus Brief, Merrill et.al., v. Milligan et.al.
Amicus Brief Democracy & Voting Rights

Amicus Brief, Merrill et.al., v. Milligan et.al.

Taking a Deeper Look at Hispanic Voting Patterns in South Florida
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

Taking a Deeper Look at Hispanic Voting Patterns in South Florida

Navajo Nation, et al. v. San Juan County, NM et al.
Court Filings & Opinions Democracy & Voting Rights

Navajo Nation, et al. v. San Juan County, NM et al.

Riverside County Redistricting Memo
Letters and Memorandums Democracy & Voting Rights

Riverside County Redistricting Memo

UCLA VRP Report Urges Orange County to Create Its First Latino-Majority District During the 2021 Redistricting Process
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

UCLA VRP Report Urges Orange County to Create Its First Latino-Majority District During the 2021 Redistricting Process

UCLA VRP Report Urges Changes to Proposed Maps in Yolo County to Preserve the Strength of the Latino Vote
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

UCLA VRP Report Urges Changes to Proposed Maps in Yolo County to Preserve the Strength of the Latino Vote

Dr. Matt Barreto Congressional Testimony Before the Committee on House Administration on Voting In America: The Potential For Voter ID Laws, Proof-Of-Citizenship Laws, And Lack Of Multi-Lingual Support To Interfere With Free And Fair Access To The Ballot
Testimony Democracy & Voting Rights

Dr. Matt Barreto Congressional Testimony Before the Committee on House Administration on Voting In America: The Potential For Voter ID La...

An Evaluation Of The Efficacy Of Community Clinic-Based Integrated Voter Engagement During California’s 2020 General Election
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

An Evaluation Of The Efficacy Of Community Clinic-Based Integrated Voter Engagement During California’s 2020 General Election

Georgia: COVID-19 and Language Access Litigation
Letters and Memorandums Democracy & Voting Rights

Georgia: COVID-19 and Language Access Litigation

Trump v. Boockvar (Pennsylvania)
Court Filings & Opinions Democracy & Voting Rights

Trump v. Boockvar (Pennsylvania)

Texas League of United Latin American Citizens  v. Abbott
Court Filings & Opinions Democracy & Voting Rights

Texas League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott

An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Community Clinic-Based Integrated Voter Engagement During California’s 2020 Primary Election
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Community Clinic-Based Integrated Voter Engagement During California’s 2020 Primary Election

Analysis of New York State’s Absentee Ballot Laws and Process and the Immediate Need for Absentee Ballot Reform
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

Analysis of New York State’s Absentee Ballot Laws and Process and the Immediate Need for Absentee Ballot Reform

Protecting Public Health in the 2020 Elections
Policy Report COVID-19

Protecting Public Health in the 2020 Elections

Democracy & Voting Rights

Assessing Latino Vote Growth: 2014 to 2018

Letter to Fort Bend
White Paper Democracy & Voting Rights

Letter to Fort Bend

Legal Theories to Compel Vote-by-Mail in Federal Court
Peer-Reviewed Articles Democracy & Voting Rights

Legal Theories to Compel Vote-by-Mail in Federal Court

Implementing and Assessing Automatic Voter Registration: Lessons Learned and Policy Recommendations to Improve Voter Registration in the U.S.
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

Implementing and Assessing Automatic Voter Registration: Lessons Learned and Policy Recommendations to Improve Voter Registration in the ...

Debunking the Myth of Voter Fraud in Mail Ballots
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

Debunking the Myth of Voter Fraud in Mail Ballots

UCLA Voting Rights Project: Letter to Connecticut Governor
Letters and Memorandums Democracy & Voting Rights

UCLA Voting Rights Project: Letter to Connecticut Governor

Protecting Democracy: Implementing Equal and Safe Access to the Ballot Box During a Global Pandemic
Policy Report Civil Rights

Protecting Democracy: Implementing Equal and Safe Access to the Ballot Box During a Global Pandemic

Improving the March 23, 2020 House Bill on Expanded Vote-by-Mail
Letters and Memorandums Civil Rights

Improving the March 23, 2020 House Bill on Expanded Vote-by-Mail

Letter to City Council (City of Yakima, WA)
Letters and Memorandums Democracy & Voting Rights

Letter to City Council (City of Yakima, WA)

Higginson v. Poway
Amicus Brief Democracy & Voting Rights

Higginson v. Poway

Assessing Latino Vote Growth 2014 to 2018
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

Assessing Latino Vote Growth 2014 to 2018

California vs. Ross
Court Filings & Opinions Democracy & Voting Rights

California vs. Ross

New York v. United States Department of Commerce
Court Filings & Opinions Democracy & Voting Rights

New York v. United States Department of Commerce

2018 Midterm Elections & The Latino Vote
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

2018 Midterm Elections & The Latino Vote

Spirit Lake Tribe et al., v. Alvin Jaeger
Court Filings & Opinions Democracy & Voting Rights

Spirit Lake Tribe et al., v. Alvin Jaeger

California Primary 2018: Evaluation of AltaMed’s Latino Voter Mobilization in Los Angeles County
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

California Primary 2018: Evaluation of AltaMed’s Latino Voter Mobilization in Los Angeles County

Invisible No More: An Evaluation of the Smithsonian Institution and Latino Representation
Policy Report Arts & Culture

Invisible No More: An Evaluation of the Smithsonian Institution and Latino Representation

Harding vs. Dallas County
Court Filings & Opinions Democracy & Voting Rights

Harding vs. Dallas County

Latino Vote Choice: Orange County, An Analysis of the June 2018 California Primary in Statewide Contests
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

Latino Vote Choice: Orange County, An Analysis of the June 2018 California Primary in Statewide Contests

Latino Vote Choice: Orange County, An Analysis of the June 2018 California Primary
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

Latino Vote Choice: Orange County, An Analysis of the June 2018 California Primary

Latino Vote Choice: Los Angeles County, An Analysis of the June 2018 California Primary
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

Latino Vote Choice: Los Angeles County, An Analysis of the June 2018 California Primary

Latino Vote Choice: Ventura County, An Analysis of the June 2018 California Primary
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

Latino Vote Choice: Ventura County, An Analysis of the June 2018 California Primary

California Primary 2018: Comparison of Votes Cast by Political Party June 2014 to June 2018 (By County)
Policy Report Democracy & Voting Rights

California Primary 2018: Comparison of Votes Cast by Political Party June 2014 to June 2018 (By County)

Should I Stay or Should I Go?: How Effective Transit-Oriented Development Can Lead to Positive Economic Growth Without Displacing Latinos
Policy Report Housing & Homelessness

Should I Stay or Should I Go?: How Effective Transit-Oriented Development Can Lead to Positive Economic Growth Without Displacing Latinos