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Latinos, along with other new immigrants, are not being
incorporated into U.S. politics as rapidly as their
predecessors, raising concerns about political fragmentation
along ethnic lines. In Counting on the Latino Vote,
Louis DeSipio uses the first national studies of Latinos to
investigate whether they engage in bloc voting or are likely
to do so in the future.
To understand American racial and ethnic minority group
politics, social scientists have largely relied on a
black-white paradigm. DeSipio gives a more complex picture
by drawing both on the histories of other ethnic groups and
on up-to-date but underutilized studies of Hispanics'
political attitudes, values, and behaviors. In order to
explore the potential impact of Hispanics as an electorate,
he analyzes the current Latino body politic and projects the
possible voting patterns of those who reside in the United
States but do not now vote.
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"[The book] illuminates an array of important
issues and does so thoughtfully. Its findings will be a
benchmark in understanding Latino voting, its effect, and
its development."
--American Political Science Review
"A significant contribution to the study of Latino
political behavior in the United States, this book is full
of suggestive themes to be explored further. It will be of
great interest to political scientists and scholars of
ethnic studies."
--Perspectives on Political Science
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