Young Latino Voters: Are Young Latinos Associated with the Homogenous (Tocqueville) Model?

Abstract

Upon reviewing the literature, conducting a survey to measure young Latino voting behaviors and testing my variables through the dual motivations theory of public engagement to determine whether my hypothesis, young Latino voter turnout is positively associated with the homogenous (Tocqueville), can be proven true or not the findings suggested that there is a positive effect. After running a cross-tab, chi-square and logistic regression on key independent variables my hypothesis was proven true. This means that belonging to a party is a sign of homogeneity in the community and the positive coefficient means the belonging to a major party (and thus homogeneity) increases the chance of voting.