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Millennials Are Driving the Surge in America's Latino Electorate
They'll make up 44 percent of the voting bloc in 2016—and that may not be such a good thing.
Latino eligible voters in the U.S. are projected to reach a record 27.3 million this election season, a new analysis by Pew Research Center finds. Notably, nearly half of these voters (44 percent) are Millennials, or people born after 1981—a greater youth share than in any other racial or ethnic group.
The report also found that Latinos have become more dispersed across the country since 2008—meaning that Latino voters now have a notable presence in some states where they used to exist in very small numbers—which could affect tightly contested races in these areas.