Document Type
Report
Publication Date
5-2021
Abstract
Introduction:
This report examines voter registration and participation rates among Latinos in every presidential election since 1992.
Methods:
All data on registration and voting found in this report were derived from the Voting and Registration Tables issued by the U.S. Census Bureau at https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/voting/data/tables.html.
Discussion:
Latino voter registration rates reached an all-time high in the 2020 presidential election: 61.1% of all Latino citizens 18 years of age and older, rising from 57.3% in 2016. Latino voting rates (the percentage of Latinos eligible to vote who actually voted) also rose to a historic high of 53.7% in November 2020, increasing from 47.3% in 2016. The number of Latino votes in the 2020 election, approximately 16.5 million, was an extraordinary increase of 29.8% from the 12.7 million votes cast in 2016. Latino voters accounted for 10.2% of all votes cast in the 2020 presidential election, an increase from 9.2% in 2016.
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Citation information: Bergad, Laird W. and Luis A. Miranda, Jr. (2021). Latino Voter Registration and Participation Rates in the 2020 Presidential Election. New York, NY: Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.