NCLR Latino Voter Registration Money Fell from $7 Million to $1.5 Million

*The-importance-of-the-Latino-vote trope has been louder this year than in years past. But looking at the numbers above you begin to see how it’s been baseless wind. VL

By Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News 

The National Council of La Raza’s funding for voter registration dropped from $7 million in 2012 to $1.5 million for this election year, a sign of weakened investment in mobilizing the Latino vote, according to one of the national Latino group’s leaders.

Clarissa Martínez de Castro, NCLR deputy vice president, said Thursday the group is seeing a “contradictory environment” in the Latino community this election.

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“The election season has taken a very negative tone as far as the community is concerned,” Martínez said. “But also we are seeing very weak investments in what we consider a key factor, as non-profit organization, in growing the Latino vote.” READ MORE