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Text readings: Week 8

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Internet Readings: Week 8

Why Hispanics Don’t Have a Larger Political Voice
Cohn, N. Why Hispanics Don’t Have a Larger Political Voice.” (2014, Jun. 15) The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/upshot/why-hispanics-dont-have-a-larger-political-voice.html
Key Facts about the Latino Vote in 2016
Krogstad, J. M., “Key Facts about the Latino Vote in 2016” (14 Oct. 2016) Pew Research Center. Retrieved from http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/14/key-facts-about-the-latino-vote-in-2016/
Do voter identification laws suppress minority voting? Yes. We did the research
Hajnal, Z. L. et. al., (15 Feb. 2017). “Do voter identification laws suppress minority voting? Yes. We did the research.” The Washington Post. Retrieved from
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/02/15/do-voter-identification-laws-suppress-minority-voting-yes-we-did-the-research/?tid=ss_mail&utm_term=.14065d7fa291

Number of Latino eligible voters is increasing faster than the number of Latino voters in presidential election years

Chart from: Krogstad, J. M., “Key Facts about the Latino Vote in 2016” (14 Oct. 2016) Pew Research Center.

More than half of Latino voters dissatisfied with the nation’s direction

Chart from: Krogstad, J. M., “Key Facts about the Latino Vote in 2016” (14 Oct. 2016) Pew Research Center.

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