Meeting the Challenge of Latino Voter Mobilization

Melissa R. Michelson

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2005, vol. 601, issue 1, 85-101

Abstract: Latino political participation rates are consistently lower than those for other racial/ethnic groups. While some of the disparities can be attributed to low levels of Latino citizenship, socioeconomic status, and age, lack of mobilization by political parties and candidates also contributes to the problem. Field experiments in voter mobilization have found that personal canvassing can have a significant effect on turnout. This article reviews four experiments in Latino voter mobilization, conducted over a period of three years in a variety of electoral settings. The results demonstrate that Latinos are very receptive to voter mobilization campaigns. Getting Latinos to the polls does not require unusually large budgets or special “Latino†approaches. Latino voters can be mobilized to vote by the same sorts of door-to-door, personal efforts that are currently in vogue among campaign professionals. Canvassing can increase Latino turnout substantially, and relatively cheaply, and may even influence election results.

Keywords: Latino; mobilization; canvassing; turnout (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716205278403

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