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IPC Report Reveals the Growing Political Power of Immigrants and Their Children

By immigrationprof

Today, a groundbreaking report released by the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) entitled The New American Electorate: The Growing Political Power of Immigrants and Their Children examines the growing electoral clout of a previously unidentified yet pivotal group of voters in key states around the nation-naturalized immigrants and the U.S.-born children of immigrants raised during the current era of immigration that began in 1965.

The report prepared by Rob Paral and Associates for the Immigration Policy Center finds:

• New Americans Were Nearly 9% of All Registered Voters in 2006

• New Americans Registered Voters Jumped Nearly 60% between 1996 and 2004

• New Americans Share of Registered Voters Exceeded the 2004 Victory Margins in 16 States Including Battlegrounds: Nevada, Florida, New Mexico and Pennsylvania.

2008 is expected to be a banner year for New American voters due to record-breaking naturalization rates of up to three million new citizens; turbo-charged registration efforts by groups like the We Are America Alliance and “Ya es Hora, Ve y Vota;” and aggressive GOTV efforts in ethnic communities which will likely result in Latino turnout hitting record highs in 2008-surpassing the 7.6 million Latino voters who turned out in 2004.

Click here to view the report and fact sheet in their entirety.

KJ