May 15, 2009
CNN's "The Situation Room" interviewed Professor Harry Pachon about census data showing a slowdown of minority population growth in the United States. Despite this, Latinos will continue to gain political power in the coming years, as more Latinos who were born in the U.S. turn 18, Pachon said. "Seven out of 10 Latinos are Democrat, but [there is] just a small segment that switches back and forth -- the classic swing voter," he said. "And the Latino population has gotten so big that those Latino swing voters can make a big difference in an election." Pachon is president of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute.
CNN's "The Situation Room" interviewed Professor Harry Pachon about census data showing a slowdown of minority population growth in the United States. Despite this, Latinos will continue to gain political power in the coming years, as more Latinos who were born in the U.S. turn 18, Pachon said. "Seven out of 10 Latinos are Democrat, but [there is] just a small segment that switches back and forth -- the classic swing voter," he said. "And the Latino population has gotten so big that those Latino swing voters can make a big difference in an election." Pachon is president of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute.