The makeup of Texas voters is much more diverse today than during the 2016 elections. And some of that growth is the result of a nearly two percentage point increase in the number of eligible immigrant voters. | via keranews
analysis of data from the Current Population Survey by the American Immigration Council
Jeremy Robbins, the group’s executive director, said the rapid growth of different demographic groups will have an impact at the ballot box and on both major political parties. In Texas, the share of eligible Asian immigrant voters increased by 1.2 percentage points, which means they now account for 4.7 percent of the electorate.
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