Few Hispanics Are Voting

Summary


Thousands of Latinos took to Utah's streets to protest stringent immigration legislation pending in Congress last spring. But that new activism didn't necessarily translate into voting on Election Day, according to a Brigham Young University exit poll.

Census estimates show that Hispanics comprise nearly 11 percent of the state's population, but the BYU exit poll shows they accounted for only about 2.8 percent of those who voted on Nov. 7.

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Few Hispanics Are Voting

That number is up just slightly from 2.4 percent in the 2002 interim election. It's down from the 2004 presidential election, when an ...

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