How will young Latino voters influence future elections?

How will young Latino voters influence future elections?

Xavier Becerra (Congressman) gives expert video advice on: Which presidential candidates do Latino voters like?; How will young Latino voters influence future elections?; How can more Latinos be convinced to vote? and more...

Young people who are perceived to be very lax when it comes to voting are beginning to show a reversal in that trend, that they're becoming more engaged. It's almost like when we had the 60's and 70's where, again, people were active, and I think to some degree it is because of the social issues that are coming before us; war in Iraq, poverty increasing, lack of health care. And so I do think you're seeing young American's becoming more engaged because they see it hitting them in the face. And so I think that you're going to find is that while there are lower voting numbers for Latino's than there are general population numbers, as young Latino's become of voting age and as more Latino's become US citizens, you're going to see a dramatic increase in the number of US citizen Latino's who can vote and will vote, and that can have a dramatic shift in the politics of this nation.