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Breaking News: As of November 2, 2020, 6,426 Latinos have voted in Monroe County during the 2020 General Election. This represents 29% turnout of Latinos so far.

Facts about the Latino Community

A record 32 million-plus Latinos will be eligible to vote in the 2020 Presidential election. Our political landscape is changing. Here are a few fast facts important to our audience to set the stage (Igielnik & Budiman, 2020; Noe-Bustamante et al., 2020; Pew Research Center, 2020, 2020): 

• Only about half of the nation’s 60 million Hispanics are eligible to vote – the smallest share of any racial or ethnic group
• Two-in-three Latino eligible voters live in just five states (California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Arizona)
• Over 61,000 Latinos reside in Monroe County
• Over 22,000 Latinos are registered to vote in Monroe County
• Only 18.5% of Latinos voted in the last general election in Monroe County
• For more statistics and facts visit: http://www.pewhispanic.org

New York State

• Total Eligible Voter Population: 13.7 Million
• Total Eligible Latino Voter Population: 2.03 Million
• 4% increase in Latino’s share of the New York State voter population

United States

• Hispanic eligible voters were notably the largest contributors to the electorate’s rise
• Hispanics alone accounted for 39% of the overall increase of the nation’s eligible voting population
• Hispanic voters made up 13% of the country’s overall electorate in 2018 – nearly doubling from 7% in 2000
  • The population’s share grew steadily since 2000, with similar percentage point growth observed between 2000 and 2010 (3 points) and 2010 and 2018 (3 points)
• The Hispanic electorate’s growth primarily stemmed from their U.S.-born population coming of age
• The 12.4 million Hispanics who turned 18 between 2000 and 2018 accounted for 80% of the growth among the population’s eligible voters during those years
• The group’s sustained growth over the past two decades will make Hispanics the projected largest minority group among U.S. eligible voters in 2020 for the first time in a presidential election (Igielnik & Budiman, 2020)

Monroe County, NY

• Total Register Voters: 466,162
• Total Register Latino Voters: 22,245
• 60% of all voters voted in the November 2018 midterm elections
• 39% of all Latinos voted in the November 2018 midterm elections

Rochester, NY

• Total Register Voters: 103,600
• Total Register Latino Voters: 22,245
• 49% (50,758/103,600) of all voters voted in the November 2018 midterm elections
• 31% (3666/12050) of all Latinos voted in the November 2018 midterm elections

References

Igielnik, R., & Budiman, A. (2020, September 23). The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the U.S. Electorate. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/2020/09/23/the-changing-racial-and-ethnic-composition-of-the-u-s-electorate/

Noe-Bustamante, L., Budiman, A., & Hugo Lopez, M. (2020, January 31). Where Latinos have the most eligible voters in the 2020 election. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/31/where-latinos-have-the-most-eligible-voters-in-the-2020-election/

Pew Research Center. (2020, July 10). Number of Hispanics has grown in four states with declining overall populations and accounted for more than half of growth in 21 states from 2010 to 2019. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ft_2020.07.10_hispanicgrowth_04a.png