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Ramon Romero Jr.: “My district is about 65% Latino... only about 37% Spanish…”

Featuring: Ramon Romero Jr., Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 90

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State Rep. Ramon Romero Jr. District 90 FORTitude FW Podcast Ft Worth

Published | Video Starts at 30:30

So you stay away from that community. So on average we are probably. Let's. I'll give an example. So my district is about 65% Latino. District 90 My district is about 65% Latino... only about 37% Spanish surname voter registration. So half of the district is registered. So that means if we turn out at the same rate as an Anglo, which is about, you know, 50% on the presidentials, then we're only turning out 17%. (30:30–30:43)

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Asserts that only 37% of the Latino population in his district is registered to vote.

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