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Democracy & Voting Rights

Commentary: Latino voters are engaged. It’s time to take us seriously.


UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Institute is estimating that 14.8 million Latinos cast a ballot this year, 2.1 million more than in 2016. Historic turnout by Latinos is impressive despite a health pandemic that has disproportionately impacted Latinos, active efforts to suppress the vote and the looting of the Voting Rights Act in 2013.

UCLA’s Latino Policy & Politics Institute is estimating that 14.8 million Latinos cast a ballot this year, 2.1 million more than in 2016. Historic turnout by Latinos is impressive despite a health pandemic that has disproportionately impacted Latinos, active efforts to suppress the vote and the looting of the Voting Rights Act in 2013.