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UCLA Study: A Record 16.6 Million US Latinos Voted in 2020 Election, Leading to Key State Victories for Biden-Harris


ā€œLatino vote growth was stronger and outpaced the national surge of voters in 2020. This is important because much of the national coverage of the Democrat-Republican vote split assumes a stagnate electorate with the same number of voters,ā€ Dr. Matt Barreto, professor of Political Science of Chicana/o Studies and UCLA LPPIā€™s faculty director, told Latino…

ā€œLatino vote growth was stronger and outpaced the national surge of voters in 2020. This is important because much of the national coverage of the Democrat-Republican vote split assumes a stagnate electorate with the same number of voters,ā€ Dr. Matt Barreto, professor of Political Science of Chicana/o Studies and UCLA LPPIā€™s faculty director, told Latino Rebels.