Latino Voters 2016: Minority or Majority?

*This is the big question about Latinos going into 2016. And it’ll continue to be the main question despite polls, speculation, predictions and opinions between now and November. That’ll be when the question will be answered, on election day. Until then there’ll be plenty of fodder for guessing. VL

By Erika Miranda, LatinOne

Will Latinos make significant effect on the 2016 elections?

In the past, Latinos appeared far from U.S. politics. Colombia Tribune revealed that this may have been due to the group’s evident lack of interest, after all.

The above outlet cites proof in a Census Bureau record, which revealed less than half of eligible Hispanic voters — about 48% — showed up during the 2012 election. Meanwhile, more than two-thirds of the total population of whites and blacks participated.

Despite this, there are politicians trying to win Latin Americans over, convinced that having them on their respective sides could mean a comfortable seat in Congress or even the White House.

Politicians, Republicans in particular, are believed to take more consideration for the Latino community, after Republican governor Mitt Romney won over a total of 27 percent of the Hispanic voters during the 2012 elections.

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