  Here's another item I found on Angry Asian Man. The Urban Institute, a nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization, released a report on the urlLink Latino and Asian vote . Latino and Asian vote is rising. While the number of votes cast by whites in the presidential election rose by only 4.3 percent between 1996 and 2000,1 the number of Asian votes rose by 22 percent. Hispanic votes increased by 19 percent. The report illustrates that both parties need to be paying more attention to the Asian American community. This, in light of the recent ire both parties drew as a result of little to no campaign visibility in the Asian American press.
While there are still challenges right now in terms of the Asian American population being relatively young, in terms of housing multigenerational communities, and with a larger chunk still being immigrant (64%), the numbers are changing and will continue to change as those of Asian descent become increasingly woven into the American population. Latino and Asian voters will play a much larger role in future elections. Both Latino and Asian populations are projected to grow rapidly in the future, reaching about 25 percent and 10 percent of the population, respectively, in 2050.
The aging of these groups and the increasing share of natives among them will strengthen the presence of Latinos and Asians in the pool of potential voters. Currently, only 40 percent of each group is eligible to vote. By about 2025, about 50 percent of each will be eligible to vote. This date could be speeded up through increased rates of naturalization. A urlLink PDF version is also available. 
