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  "id": "RS20353",
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      "id": 100876,
      "date": "2002-07-16",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:06:53.223941",
      "title": "Latino Political Participation and Representation in Elective Office",
      "summary": "America's Latino population is on the verge of becoming the largest minority group in the\ncountry,\na phenomenon that is significant with respect to the representational responsibilities of Members of\nCongress. After several decades of rapid population growth, Latinos will surpass African Americans\nas the largest minority group within the decade, according to the Census Bureau projections. By\n2010, Latinos are projected to be 13.8% of the national population (African Americans are projected\nto be 13.5%), and 16.3% of the population a decade later. However, Latino voting participation has\nremained static for decades, despite the intervening increase in population. In Presidential elections,\nLatino turnout increased from 28.9% to 45.1% between 1992 and 2000, but the increase in the 2000\nelection is at least partly due to a new Census Bureau method of calculating turnout that excludes\nnon-citizens.  (1)  As a percentage of those who voted in recent elections,\nLatinos were 3% of the\nelectorate in 1994, about 5% in 1998, and 4% in 2000 according to exit polls. The number of\nLatinos in Congress, 21, was unchanged after the 2000 election. In states with large Latino\npopulations, California and Texas for example, Latinos make up about 15% of the electorate, based\non recent elections. These factors may point to a groundswell in Latino participation, but to fully\ntranslate the rapid increase in population into political power will require even higher rates of Latino\nvoter participation than in the past. This report will be updated to reflect the results of the 2002\ngeneral election.\n     1.  \u00a0The U.S. Census Bureau for the first time estimated the\nvoting age population to exclude non-citizens in\nits report on the 2000 election; the Latino turnout rate in 2000 is based on this estimate. Turnout\ndata for\nearlier years does not exclude non-citizens.",
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  "topics": [
    "American Law",
    "Economic Policy"
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