Candidates need young people to boost Latino voter turnout. Here's why.

NBC "News" ^ | March 1, 2020 | By Nicole Acevedo (D-NBC)

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Ofelia Alonso, 24, thinks there's a big misconception that most Latinos are "part of an older generation who doesn't care about politics."

That's why she's wasn't surprised that 75 percent of young Latinos in Texas had not heard from any presidential campaign in the last six months, according to a poll from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), which studies young Americans’ political engagement.

"Organizers are the ones engaging with young Latino voters here, not the parties, not candidates," said Alonso, a field coordinator for the grassroots organization Texas Rising.

"I often ask myself why people insist on saying that we're not involved, and it's because we're not included in these conversations," she said. "Candidates are not coming to engage with us."

Latinos are the nation's largest share of nonwhite voters: A record 32 million Latinos are projected to be eligible to vote in 2020, 13 percent of all eligible voters.

But what's more notable is their youth — about 40 percent of eligible Latino voters are between the ages of 18 and 35, according to census data. Latinos are among the youngest racial or ethnic group in the country with a median age of 30, according to the Pew Research Center.

One million Latinos are expected to turn 18 every year for the next two decades, meaning it's almost impossible to engage Latinx voters without understanding their connection to the nation’s youth vote.

Groups who have been polling young voters say political parties, especially Democrats, are missing the opportunity to engage with one of the nation's largest growing electorates to increase Latino voter participation.

A poll found that 64 percent of young voters had never been contacted directly by a Democratic presidential campaign via text message, phone or email.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[kearnyirish2]

The Dems might be surprised by how many working Hispanics don’t want to give their income to non-working Americans (or Hispanics); Republicans certainly fare better with them than with American blacks.

[Graybeard58]

Latinos are expected to turn 18 every year for the next two decades, meaning it’s almost impossible to engage Latinx voters
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Latinos,Latinx, same sentence.

Which is it NBC?

[dp0622]

Actual good election results it would make me feel better. All the assumptions about blacks and Hispanics and how they will vote in 2020 are just that, assumptions.

I think we can get 20 to 25% of the black male vote and that would be a game-changer

But just like last time high turnout by white male high school graduates will decide this

[txrefugee]

In Austin, the Communist capital of Texas, practically every Leftist TV station features story with a fat, unattractive Latina protesting brown victimhood. What you don’t see are the young Latino males. Trump’s campaign should really target Black and Brown MALES, who are tired of militant females of any color.

[escapefromboston]

I’ve seen some Latino countries...I’d rather they didn’t vote at all.

[Truthoverpower]

Yes. I think women should be given an intelligence test before they are allowed to vote