Latino voter registrations spike in North Carolina

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The Hill:

Latinos in North Carolina are registering to vote in unprecedented numbers, raising the prospect that they could swing the state in favor of Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump.

 

Voto Latino, a civic media organization focused on engaging Latino millennials, has registered nearly 109,000 voters across the country this year.

 

It says it is finding more success in places such as North Carolina that are not usually known for hosting large numbers of Latinos.

“These are states that might not have the same foundational organizations that have done the work for many years,” said Mario Carrillo, the group’s communications director.

 

In North Carolina, the group registered 7,107 Latino voters — the fourth highest total in the country after California, Texas and Florida, three states with much larger total Latino populations.

 

North Carolina had fewer than one million Latinos in 2014, according to the Pew Research Center.

 

But Héctor Vaca, the director for ActionNC in Charlotte, said the state's Hispanic population grew by 110 percent between 2000 and 2010 and now accounts for two percent of registered voters.