The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: There's One (Voter) In Every Latino Crowd (CARTOON)

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There's One (Voter) In Every Latino Crowd (CARTOON) Oct 3rd 2012, 16:28 The recent release of Pew Hispanic Research's latest findings, that there are 24 million eligible Latino voters, has the political classes chattering, pollsters energized and candidates running around, seeking to connect -- CONNECT -- with these voters. But, the reality is that a large percentage of these voters are not registered and so will not be exercising their right to have a say in the country's future: Voter registration for the nation's largest minority group has lagged behind others. So too, has participation. From 2008 to 2010, the number of Latinos registered to vote dropped by 600,000. Only half of eligible Latinos voted in 2008, compared to 65 percent of blacks and 66 percent of non-Hispanic whites, according to Pew. Read More... More on Latino Politics

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