Latino Voters May Help Decide the 2014 Elections

Latinos are once again poised to play a vital role in the outcome of races nationwide this November -- from the local level to the U.S. Senate.  NALEO Educational Fund estimates that more than 7.8 million Latino voters are expected to head to the polls this year, an increase of 1.2 million from 2010.  Projections for the Latino electorate in the following states were released as part of the 2014 Latino Election Handbook:

	Projected Latino Voters	Increase from 2010	Projected Latino Share of Vote
NATIONAL	7,828,000	17.8%	7.8%
Arizona	567,000	39.3%	21.1%
California	2,417,000	17.4%	21.5%
Colorado	162,000	12.5%	8.4%
Florida	1,133,000	31.3%	18.7%
Illinois	280,000	16.2%	6.9%
New Jersey	188,000	6.2%	7.6%
New Mexico	194,000	6.0%	33.2%
New York	546,000	5.8%	9.4%
Texas	1,218,000	20.4%	20.4%