Who is the Latino electorate?

WHO IS THE LATINO ELECTORATE? VOTER PREFERENCE Democratic candidate How Latinos voted in presidential elections, since 1992 Republican candidate A shrinking independent population Other 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 61% 72 62 58 67 25 21 35 40 31 14 Voter preference in the 2008 election for registered Latino voters, by demographic group OBAMA MCCAIN GENDER FEMALE 64% 21% MALE 68 24 AGE 18-29 73 16 30-39 65 22 25 40-54 64 55+ 66 25 EDUCATION LESS THAN 73 HIGH SCHOOL 15 HIGH SCHOOL 65 25 GRADUATE SOME COLLEGE 64 23 COLLEGE GRADUATE 66 28 INCOME LESS THAN $30,000 68 18 $30,000 - $49,000 77 16 $50,000 - $74,999 66 30 $75,000 OR MORE 60 34 NATIVITY NATIVE BORN 65 26 FOREIGN BORN 68 17 RELIGION CATHOLIC 71 17 NON-CATHOLIC 59 33 NO RELIGION 75 14 PARTY AFFILIATION REPUBLICAN 23 68 DEMOCRAT 86 INDEPENDENT 51 11 Source: "Dissecting the 2008 Electorate: Most Dlverse in U.S. History" by the Pew Hispanic Center, April 2009; “2008 National Survey of Latinos: Hispanic Voter Attitudes by the Pew Hispanic Center, July 2008; "The Hispanic Vote in the 2008 Election" by the Pew Hispanic Center, November 2008. Infographic by Kennedy Elliott.