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Young Latinos: A Generation of Change
SHAKING UP THE ELECTORATE
Engine of Young Voter Growth
The U.S. can make space for Latino
youth and the role they will play in
our country’s future. Over the next POPULATION SHIFTS OF REGISTERED VOTERS
decade, about one million Latinos AGES 18-34 FROM 2008 TO 2018
will reach voting age each year, and
almost all will be U.S. citizens.
+1.23 M
From 2008 to 2018, Latinos NON-LATINOS TOTAL
contributed all (100%) of the LATINOS
numerical growth of registered -1.24 M
voters ages 18 to 34, adding well -2.47 M
over one million compared to a
decline of almost two and a half
million non-Latinos during the same
period. These increases are far-
reaching in swing states where many Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey 2008 and 2018.
new Gen Z and Millennial voters are
Hispanic.
Over the next decade,
1 million Latinos will reach
voting age every year and
almost all will be U.S. citizens.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
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