Voting math
Morales of the Southcentral Coalition of People of Color for Redistricting said it’s clear that local organizations face an ongoing challenge of gaining enough resources to energize and mobilize Latino voters.
A robust organizing effort happened in 2015, but resources and organizing activity has waned since, he said — a negative turn considering the already formidable voter-turnout challenge.
According to statistics from the Yakima County Auditor’s Office, the turnout among Yakima County residents with a Spanish surname was 56%, 28 percentage points lower than those with non-Spanish surnames — whose turnout rate was 84% — in 2020, a presidential election year when more Latinos voted.
Norouzi of OneAmerica
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