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April 1, 2021

It's Not Too Early to Start Courting Latino Voters

Pretty worrisome signs, we'll soon need to import a different batch of Latinx. The current one is spoiled by trumpism.

Latino voters helped deliver the presidency to Joe Biden by securing key victories in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. But Latino voters also moved an average of nine percentage points from Democrats to Republicans in the 2020 elections compared with 2016's.

In places like Miami-Dade County in Florida and the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, that swing spiked to over 20 points. What's more, seven of the 14 House seats that switched from Democratic to Republican control were in majority-minority districts, many of which had large Latino populations.

As we now look ahead to the midterms, it's likely that many close races will run through states and districts with large Latino populations. Democrats would do well to address their Latino vote problem if they want to keep control of the Senate and House.

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