Latino and Asian Voters in the 2004 Election and Beyond

In the 2004 election, the nation's two largest immigrant-dominated populations - Latinos and Asians - will likely have a larger impact at the voting booth than they did in 2000.

But Urban Institute analysis of Current Population Survey (CPS) data indicates that voting levels among Latinos and Asians lag well behind the groups' population growth, largely because many new immigrants are not yet citizens and their children are still too young to vote. As a result, the full political force of Latinos and Asians will be felt over decades, not years...