d henry flores. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome to the panel. the panel is called the latino vote, where it is going to. my name is gilbert garcia. i am honored to be here today with two great authors. to my right, matt barreto is the co-founder of research and polling for latino decisions and is professor of political science and chicano studies at ucla and co-author of latino america:how the most dynamic population is poised to transform the politics of the nation. to my far right henry flores is distinguished university research professor in the department of political science at st. mary's university and he has testified in more than and 50 civil and voting rights cases going back to the mid 80s it is the author of a book that just came out two weeks ago latinos and the voting rights act:the search for racial purpose. both of these deal with the same phenomenon. the rapidly growing latino population of the united states and the way the population impacted politics. according to census figures in 2000 the latino population, in 2010, it is 16.

and henry flores has testified boeing back to the mid '80s and the author of love book that came out two weeks ago. latinos and the voting rights act. they both deal with the latino population in the way it impacts our politics in 2000 the latino population was 12% in 201016. 3% and projections is 25% by a 200050. looking at the impact of the growing population and through polling determining what they are thinking about politics, why people are voting and nonvoting. henry's book looks at the response to this phenomenon the efforts specifically in the republican party and the reason years to suppress the effects of the search for redistributing friday laws and challenges to the voting rights act of 1965 we had democrats saying time is on the democratic party's side of the other hand we have republicans who said they are social conservative and the line that they are republican they just don't know which yet. so with your polling what about that question? >> 84 that introduction. it is the pleasure to be on the panel with dr. flora as to is one of my long time mentors and trusted coll

we begin with the panel on latino america with matt barreto and henry flores.tions] >> welcome to the panel. the panel is called the latino vote, where it is going to. my name is gilbert garcia. i am honored to be here today with two great authors. to my right, matt barreto is the co-founder of research and polling for latino decisions and is professor of political science and chicano studies at ucla and co-author of latino america:how the most dynamic population is poised to transform the politics of the nation. to my far right henry flores is distinguished university research professor in the department of political science at st. mary's university and he has testified in more than and 50 civil and voting rights cases going back to the mid 80s it is the author of a book