{"id":10220,"date":"2020-01-31T09:08:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T14:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/where-latinos-have-the-most-eligible-voters-in-the-2020-election\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T01:16:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T06:16:43","slug":"where-latinos-have-the-most-eligible-voters-in-the-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/01\/31\/where-latinos-have-the-most-eligible-voters-in-the-2020-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Latinos have the most eligible voters in the 2020 election"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Voters line up outside a polling place in El Paso, Texas, in 2018. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n
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This year, Latinos are expected for the first time to be the nation\u2019s largest racial or ethnic minority<\/a> in a U.S. presidential election, with a record 32 million projected to be eligible to vote. They will account for 13.3% of all eligible voters. However, the number of Latino eligible voters is still far below the 60 million Latinos who live in the country. (<\/em>Explore our interactive maps and tables<\/a> to see Latino eligible voters by state and congressional district.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Latino eligible voters \u2013 U.S. citizens ages 18 and older \u2013 could play a larger role<\/a> in this year\u2019s Democratic Party primary season. A majority (56%) live in states that will hold Democratic primaries and caucuses on or before Super Tuesday<\/a> (March 3), up from 29% in 2016. Nationally, 62% of Latino registered voters<\/a> identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party while 34% say the same about the Republican Party.<\/p>\n\n

How we did this<\/div>