The National Council of La Raza and Mi Familia Vota Education Fund
launched a major voter registration drive yesterday, with the aim of registering a quarter million new Latino voters before the midterm elections. It’s good that they are starting early because you want to make sure there is time to get everyone on the voter rolls before any cut-off. Plus, the other side never sleeps.
The Republicans have to hope that the Latino turnout effort is a disappointment, because they’ve avoided the full consequences of their anti-Latino rhetoric up to now because of low voter participation rates in the Latino community. The faster that changes, the faster the modern GOP will meet its demise.
This is happening because we are gearing up for Cesar Chavez-a-palooza in March. The big movie is coming out, and an indie film just screened at Sundance.
know what would bring about the demise of the modern gop? if we white folks took on white folks who vote for the modern gop.
you know, instead of blaming black or brown folks for not voting enough.
such a fun game we white folks play.
Hispanics don’t vote at the same levels. That’s not a game, that’s math. They’ve increased their share of the electorate about 1% point each of the last three presidential elections. Given the youth of the Hispanic population, getting them on the voter rolls could increase that percentage at a faster rate.
I’m not sure how this is “blaming” anyone. It seems to me that the sooner Hispanics can vote in proportion to their numbers in the general population – especially in Texas, Arizona and Georgia – that they will be empowered.
La Raza is “white folks”?
I can only assume that you’re out there GOTVing then…