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Latino Group Targets Key States for Voting Impact
With about three months to go before voters decide on the next president, a nonprofit organization announced Tuesday that it will target key states with some of the largest Hispanic populations, including Texas, Georgia and Colorado.
The organization, Nuestra America, seeks to increase the political influence of Latinos through voter education and registration. Throughout the summer, representatives plan to canvass sporting events, cultural events, beaches and college campuses.
“The U.S. Latino population is no longer concentrated in a handful of cities but rather is spread across the country,” said executive director Adam Alonso in a statement. “Our target list takes into account the diaspora that has occured over the last two decades while energizing the traditional Latino states.”
Texas has the second largest Latino population with more than 8.4 million Hispanic residents, according to Nuestra. The group made up about 32 percent of the electorate in the 2008 presidential primary. Nuestra believes the sizeable population and the voting rate makes Texas an appealing state for political activism.
Colorado has the eighth largest Latino population with about 927,000 Latino residents and Georgia has a Hispanic population of 770,816 residents.
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