More Texas Latinos Voted in 2018, But So Did Everyone Else, Census Data Shows

Beto O’Rourke’s failed Senate bid against Ted Cruz was the almost-victory heard 'round the country.The 2018 midterms, paired with a surge of Latino voters in some counties and a revelation that suburbs might be turning blue, left everyone wondering, “Is Texas now a battleground state?”Data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that the Latino sleeping giant may have budged -- about 830,000 more Texas Latinos voted in 2018 than 2014.But the same data shows that voter participation was also up among white, black and Asian voters. And Latinos actually had the lowest midterm-to-midterm increase out of all these groups.  Continue reading...