The Hispanic youth vote will be key in the upcoming US elections. People under 35 years will account for 44 percent of the more than 27 million Hispanic voters who will go to the polls this year, according to a study released Sunday by the Pew Research Center . This data shows that young Hispanics born from 1981 onwards in the group with greater presence within their group. Compare this to the same age group for other ethnicities, with black and Asian under 35s comprising 35% and white under 35s at just 27 percent.
Given the incredible growth in this particular demographic, the Hispanic electorate is projected to reach a record 11.9 per cent of the total number of voters in 2016, approaching the number of black voters, that has 12.4 per cent. The number of voters of this section of the population that participated in the past two elections grew from 9.7 million in 2008 to 11.2 million in 2012.
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