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Latinos are projected to make up a quarter of the electorate in Arizona in November, according to theĀ UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. And for the first time they are expected to be the largest ethnic or racial voting bloc.
Read More | September 28, 2020
āOur undocumented neighbors buy groceries, pay taxes and support local businesses in economic activity that generates $190 billion in government revenue nationwide,ā explainedĀ Raul Hinojosa,Ā the reportās lead author.
An earlier poll by Latino Decisions in six battleground states found that fewer than sixty per cent of respondents were definitely planning to vote in the general election. The firmās co-founder,Ā Matt BarretoĀ said, āThe high intensity of coronavirus in our community made it more difficult to have the election be a top-of-mind issue for us.
Nationally, the NPR poll finds that 63% of Latinos report they have lost household income either through reduced hours or wages, furloughs or job loss since the start of the pandemic. But Latinos have kept working through the crisis, saysĀ David Hayes-Bautista,Ā a professor of medicine and public health at UCLA.
However, even if the HEROES Act passes, it will still not be enough to cover costs incurred by the UC, saidĀ Patricia Gandara, a research professor of education at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and UCLA LPPI expert. āI imagine ā¦ itās going to take several years to dig out of this,ā…
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