'The propensity for the Latino vote to identify and ultimately select who will be the next president of the United States is strong,' Sonja Diaz told Newsweek.
ShareNovember's election will be the first time that Hispanics will be the largest minority group in the electorate, according to an analysis of federal data by the Pew Research Center. A record 32 million Latinos are projected to be eligible to vote this year.
In 2018, Latino turnout nationwide reached a record-high as the number of voters nearly doubled to 11.7 million from 6.8 million in the 2014 legislative elections. Of the 40 seats that flipped from Republican to Democratic control in the House of Representatives, almost half were in places where the Latino electorate was a sizable plurality or majority.
For the 2020 election, Saturday's caucuses in Nevada will be the first real test for Democratic candidates on their ability to appeal to Hispanic voters. The Latino community makes up nearly 30 percent of the swing state's population. Voters line up outside the polling place at Fire Station Number 2 on Election Day November 6, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. The Latino vote could play a critical role in shaping the 2020 presidential election.Clarissa Martinez, the deputy vice president of policy and advocacy at the civil rights group UnidosUS, said anyone running for president has to connect with Latino voters in order to be successful because the community will be"decisive and influential" in so many states.
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