Latinos have grown at the second-fastest rate of any major racial and ethnic group in the U.S. electorate since the last presidential election. An estimated 36.2 million are eligible to vote this year, up from 32.3 million in 2020. This represents 50% of the total growth in eligible voters during this time.
Every year, about 1.4 million Hispanics in the U.S. become eligible to vote. READ MORE AT PEW RESEARCH CENTER
A record 32 million people who identify as Latino will be eligible to vote in the 2020 presidential election in November, according to the Pew Research Center. That’s just over 13% of the US electorate — surpassing eligible black voters for the first time and making Latinos the nation’s largest voter group after whites.
Latinos’ massive growth as a voting bloc is largely driven by youth coming of age. Approximately every 30 seconds, a Latino in the US turns 18 and becomes eligible to vote. Young Latinos could swing the outcome of the election — if they come out to vote. READ MORE AT THE WORLD
Yesterday’s South Carolina Republican debate set in idyllic Myrtle Beach belied the chaotic and boisterous verbal dueling going on inside the Myrtle Beach Conference Center.
There didn’t appear to be much adherence to time limits or audience control – the booing was at one of the highest decibel levels seen thus far.
Only Romney seemed above it all by focusing not on the other Presidential contenders but rather on Obama bashing. Most of the early questions focused on Romney’s business style and his job growth record – you would of thought he was the CEO of multiple Fortune 100’s by the number of jobs he allegedly created instead of financing the talents of the real job creators – entrepreneurs.
After debating on how to create jobs, who hated Osama bin Laden more and all agreeing 99er’s (those American out of work more than 99 weeks) are for sure deadbeats, questions of immigration landed on Romney’s podium.
The man who continuously asserted his priority to ‘strengthening families’ didn’t appear bothered much by splitting up families when a member is deported or having as many of the undocumented leave ASAP.
When the question on immigration was posed it was started by the moderating panel pointing out that Romney’s father was born in Mexico – while returning to the U.S. where Mitt was born making him the ultimate anchor baby (that’s my term not theirs).
The question was framed as to why when someone had a father born in Mexico are they also identified ‘as having one of the harshest stance on immigration.’
Let me point at what is being implied here. Point One -Romney you are of Mexican descent, have relatives living in Mexico. Point Two – Your father left Mexico for the U.S. to give his family a better opportunity. Point Three - The people you are seeking to deport or at least the majority of them could be family or family of family, i.e. Mexican. Point Four – You are the son of an immigrant yet don’t connect with the immigrant struggle.http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/por-que/details/leave-and-get-in-line-romney-tells-the-undocumented-at-the-sc-debate/13373/
