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The Latino vote

Almost 24 million Latinos will be eligible to vote on 6 November - more than one in 10 of the electorate. But what motivates them to vote, or not to vote? How are they faring amid the heated debate on illegal immigration? Are young Latinos flexing their political muscle? The Guardian teamed up with the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism to find out answers to these questions in seven states across the country
  • Voting sign appealing to Latinx voters.

    In this new congressional district, Latinos hold the power: ‘I tell my kids, vote’

    Latinos are a key voice in a newly drawn political district in Colorado where there is an effort to educate voters
  • Immigrants travel on a cargo train to the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

    Washington state's Latinos find 'politics has not changed with the population'

    Leaders say a systematic form of voter discrimination has marginalized communities that are as high as 80% Latino

  • florida voters immigration

    Florida Latino voters: 'we don't think the government represents us'

    As area nearly ruined by the financial crisis begins to finally recover, politicians are finding undecided voters hard to win over

  • arizona immigration arpaio

    Arizona immigrants: young Latinos ready to 'really release the energy'

    Controversial policies have inadvertently energised state's young Latinos, who are getting involved in local government

  • People cheer during a rally for citizenship for illegal immigrants, California, 2006

    California: Latino vote 'makes a difference'. But do Republicans care?

    Despite having been ignored by Hispanic voters in the two decades since Proposition 187, the GOP still seems unwilling to win them back

  • Hazleton, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania: 'We came here for a better life for our kids'

    Almost half of people in the industrial town of Reading – 58% of whom are Latino – live below the poverty line. Why has Obama not done more to get Reading back to work?

  • Julian Castro democrats

    Latino Texas: 'San Antonio is a peek at the America of tomorrow'

    Juliàn Castro is the mayor of San Antonio and a rising star of the Democratic party, but his vision for the future is built on a difficult past and a frustrating present

  • Protesters carry signs in protest of Arizona's new immigration law, April 2010

    Colorado Latinos come of age: 'Finally, we're getting our voices heard'

  • Demonstrators gather in Madison, Wisconsin to demand citizenship for illegal immigrants

    The Latino Vote: population flourishes but electoral sea change is yet to come

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