Latinos make up 27% of the population in Hampden County—a significant increase of 25% from 2010 to 2020, according to Pew Research. Despite this growth, cities with large Latino populations like Holyoke, Springfield, and Chicopee have some of the lowest voter turnout rates in Massachusetts.
You may have heard that this is the most important election for the third presidential cycle in a row. And while that may be true, some local and national Latino groups are working on engaging Hispanic voters on an issue they believe matters not only on Election Day but to communities beyond a small number of swing states in the years to come.
In Massachusetts, Latinos account for approximately 9% of all eligible voters, a growing share that has seen significant increases over the past two decades. The Latino Election Project team is looking at what this means locally, exploring the particular issues and trends shaping the Latino vote in western Massachusetts.
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Puerto Rico has been all over the U.S. news cycle since Sunday afternoon, so you know something strange or terrible must’ve happened.
There’s no doubt the Latino vote is inextricably linked to modern American politics. And any robust conversation about reaching Latino voters during campaign cycles must consider the role of national grassroots group Mi Familia Vota (MFV).
In 2020, Ruiz made Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground for PBS and considers himself a “veterano” who’s been “reading and thinking” about the Latino vote since the 90s. In that time, he’s noticed “greater attention being paid by both the campaigns and the media to Latino voters… we can argue about how thoughtful that coverage is, but you're definitely seeing more of it.”
A new battleground states poll of Latino voters has Kamala Harris with a 33-point advantage, civic advocacy organization Voto Latino shared during a Monday morning press call about the survey.
Ahead of Puerto Rico’s November 5 elections, the most powerful Boricua women in Congress, Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), made a historic political move, endorsing the leading candidates of the anti-colonial La Alianza.
On Tuesday, the Hispanic Federation and the Latino Victory Project released a new poll of Latinos in several battleground states. The poll, which included responses from 1,900 Latinos across eight battleground states, is, so far, one of the more comprehensive surveys of Latino battleground voters in the final weeks before Election Day.
