Does Cook County or Kane County have a higher percentage of registered Latino voters?
Cook County is 12.2% Latino voters, and Kane County is 12.1% registered Latino voters! Come read about these fun facts and others! Today the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, in conjunction with Univision Radio News, released its Illinois Immigrant Political Almanac, a guaranteed best seller among Illinois political junkies everywhere. The almanac lays out by townships, wards, state rep, state senate, and congressional districts the numbers of naturalized immigrant citizens, and the numbers of Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Jewish voters. Come for a little tour of our changing Illinois Electorate, and read which closely contested Congressional and State level races may be affected by our changing demographics. “In Illinois how do you spell ‘Political Respect’?” asked ICIRR Executive Director Joshua Hoyt. “The answer is ‘V-O-T-E-S’!” The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights is a 130 member organization dedicated to the full participation of immigran
