Despite the high number of Latino registered voters, the registered Latinos are much less likely to show up at the polls than registered whites and blacks. Half of the Latino voters who were registered in 2008 voted, while 65% and 66% of registered whites and blacks voted, respectively. Additionally, 55% of Hispanics are ineligible to vote (for example, not U.S. citizens or too young to vote) while only 31% of blacks and 21% of whites are ineligible.
The disparity between eligible Latino voters and continued low turnout has caused quite a stir within the media. In a piece analyzing this occurrence, Ed Pilkington of The Guardian states that "the statistics spell enormous potential rewards for any politician or political party who manages to release the Latino genie from the bottle."
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