San Antonio Express News: Latinos no sleeping giant in politics

Columnist Victor Landa argues that Latinos aren't the political sleeping giant, but one with growing influence that is smaller that the Latino population as a whole.

Highlights
• Of the more than 35 million Latinos in the U.S., only 7.6 million cast votes in the last presidential election.
• "Of the 5.7 million Hispanics added to the U.S. population between the last two presidential elections, 1.7 million persons or 30 percent were less than 18 years old and are thus not eligible to vote." Pew Hispanic

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