Why the Hispanic-American swing vote is leaning right this November
Fox News
Latinos' political clout could tip the scales for Republicans come November.
Jennifer Sevilla Korn is a savvy Latina political strategist that has served under President George W. Bush, President Donald Trump, two U.S. Attorney Generals and several elected officials. Throughout her 20-year career, Sevilla-Korn’s area of expertise focuses on Hispanic engagement on the local, state and national levels.
With this growing voting pool, it’s much more than mariachis, breakfast tacos, and bodegas, especially since Hispanic-American voter turnout continues growing. In 2004, it was six percent of the overall turnout, or approximately 7.5 million votes. From 2016-2020 there was upwards of 30 percent growth resulting in approximately 16.1 million votes.
Reducing Hispanics and their importance as voters to a stereotype has been working against the Democrat Party since I started in politics. However, it is just now that the reality of the situation is setting in.