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Hispanics have voted in record numbers in recent years, but their turnout rate continues to lag behind whites and blacks, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census data.<\/p>\n\n

Hispanics today make up 11.3% of all eligible voters. But voter turnout among Hispanics has not kept pace with the growing number of eligible voters in recent national elections. In 2010, Hispanics cast a record 6.6 million ballots<\/a> out of 21.3 million eligible voters, a turnout rate of 31.2%. But that was still far below the turnout among black voters (44%) and white voters (48.6%).<\/p>\n\n

A record 24.8 million Hispanics are eligible to vote in 2014, according to February Census figures, up from 21.3 million in 2010.<\/p>\n\n

Some suggest that \u00a0Hispanics might stay home on Election Day this year<\/a> out of dissatisfaction with the president over immigration policy, while others predict Latinos will turn out<\/a> in record numbers. As groups push to register Hispanic voters<\/a> in advance of this fall\u2019s midterm elections, frustration has mounted<\/a> over stalled immigration reform in Congress and the continued deportation of unauthorized immigrants under President Obama.\u00a0 Support for the president among Hispanics has eroded since September 2013<\/a>, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.<\/p>\n\n

A low voter turnout rate among Hispanics stretches back several midterm elections. Since 1986, the turnout rate has dropped from 38% to 31.2%<\/a> in 2010. The gap in turnout rates between whites and Hispanics has increased from 12.7 to 17.4 percentage points over the same time period.<\/p>\n\n

Nevertheless, Hispanics made up a larger share of the electorate in 2010 than in any previous midterm election, representing 6.9% of all voters, up from 5.8% in 2006. In 2010 House races, Hispanics favored Democrats over Republicans by 60% to 38%<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Voter turnout rates in 2010 varied among Hispanics. College graduates had the highest turnout rate (50.3%), and young people under 30 were least likely to vote (17.6%). Nearly half (49.3%) of Cuban-origin Hispanics voted, compared with just 28.7% of Mexican-origin Hispanics. Some 800,000 Hispanics\u2014the vast majority U.S. born\u2014turn 18 each year, a demographic wave that\u2019s projected to double the Hispanic electorate by 2030<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

The relative youth of the Hispanic electorate has helped drive down the group\u2019s overall turnout. In 2010, 31% of Hispanic eligible voters were under 30. By contrast, 19% of white, 26% of black and 21% of Asian eligible voters were under 30. People give similar reasons for not voting, regardless of race or ethnicity. Among registered voters who didn\u2019t vote in 2010, one-in-four Hispanics chose \u201ctoo busy, conflicting work or school schedule\u201d as the reason they did not cast a ballot. About the same percentage of non-voters overall chose the same reason. Nearly twice as many Hispanics as non-voters overall said they forgot to vote, 13.3% to 7.5%.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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