The majority of eligible immigrant voters are Hispanic or Asian.
Immigrants are expected to make up a record share of the number of eligible U.S. voters in the upcoming 2020 election, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
According to Pew, the U.S.-born eligible voter population has grown much more slowly in comparison since 2000, with those numbers growing by just 23 percent over the same time frame from 181 million eligible voters in 2000 to 238 million in 2020.Most eligible immigrant voters, who were born outside the U.S. and who gained U.S.
The second trend is the rising number of immigrants who have been naturalized, with 7.2 million immigrants naturalized between 2009 and 2019, according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security data. In fiscal year 2018, for example, more than 756,000 immigrants naturalized in the U.S.
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