These slides come from a series of visualizations created to help contextualize the major shifts that took place during the November 2006 US midterm elections.
Latino vote by party, 1996–2006 — The Latino vote had been tilting towards the Republican party for several election cycles, a trend which sharply reversed in 2006, most likely due to the Republican-led attack on immigrants (HR 4437 etc.) which took place earlier in the year.
Latinos remain more antiwar than general population
Latino midterm turnout surges in 2006 — In contrast to the population at large, Latino midterm electoral participation surged, presumably thanks to Sensenbrenner et al.
Republican losses at the state level, 2006
Republican losses in state legislatures
Republican losses in governorships
Increasing rejection of antigay ballot measures
Republican losses among faith communities
Nation’s most urgent moral crises — This slide dramatizes the importance of issues of justice and poverty to religious voters, rather than the divisive culture-war issues which get more headlines.
Changing youth demographics, 1976–2006
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