The Cycle of Undermobilization of Minority Voters

[...]candidates, parties, and institutions charged with upholding our democracy must address the efficacy deficit in minority communities. Latinos and Asian Americans in particular, who have turnout rates more than 15 points lower than Whites are particularly at risk of being ignored, as corroborated by the Ramirez, Solano, and Wilcox-Archuleta (2018) findings. Because of their relative youth and foreign-born status, each year millions upon millions of new Latino and AAPI voting-eligible citizens enter the electorate and do so with a big round zero on the voter file for their vote history. According to the ANES, in 2008 47% of Whites reported being contacted and asked to vote, compared with 38% of Blacks, 33% of Latinos, and 21% of Asian Americans.