With Election Day 2016 now less than a year away, the call for Latinos to register to vote will enhance with a new education campaign, notably in key battleground states.

Launched by the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), the national Latino voter education campaign aims to inform the electorate about the importance of voting. The campaign will reportedly start its implementation in Colorado, Florida and Texas, each with growing and prominent Latino populations. Based on 2011 statistics, analyzed from the Pew Research Center from an American Community Survey report, the three aforementioned states are home to more than 15.2 million Latinos.

According to LCLAA, a national organization representing nearly two million Latino trade unionists since 1972, it will mobilize volunteers into the key states to discuss the Latino vote's impact.

"The Latino community is growing rapidly in the U.S., both in population and in our contribution to the economic and social life of this nation," said Hector Sanchez, executive director of LCLAA. "Our voters are eager to find candidates who take them seriously and are ready to invest in the economy, improve our schools and immigration system and defend our rights."

With a U.S. Latino turning 18 years old every 30 seconds, LCLAA acknowledged that the Latino electorate is the fastest growing voter block and has played a "decisive" role in the last presidential election.

Most Latinos supported President Barack Obama in 2012 with more than 70 percent of the vote. Based on exit polling data by the Pew Research Center, Obama won 71 percent of the Latino vote, significantly higher than Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's 27 percent. Obama's Latino vote share was the highest for a Democratic candidate since the 1996 election when Bill Clinton won 72 percent of the vote. According to Latino Decisions, Obama won 75 percent of the Latino vote, still higher than Romney's 23 percent, down from the 40-44 percent President George W. Bush received in 2004.

From the Pew Research Center, Obama won Florida's Latino vote with 60 percent to Romney's 39 percent. For Obama, the percentage was an improvement from 2008's 57 percent. In Colorado, Obama's margin of victory, among Latino voters, increased to 75 percent to 23 percent, which was also better than his 2008 statistics of 61 percent to 38 percent for then-Republican presidential candidate John McCain. In Texas, one statistic also has Obama at 70 percent.

Based on a Latino Decisions' study released in July, the Republican Party can no longer assume 40 percent of the Latino vote will secure them the White House. Taking into account different voting scenarios, the 2016 Republican presidential candidate may need at least 44 percent of Colorado's Latino vote and 47 percent of Florida's Latino vote.

The statistics, however, can be subject to change due to voter mobilization. During Latino Decisions' report, analyst Matt Barreto said Latino mobilization is a key component.

"Moreover, even in presidential elections, Latino registration and turnout lags behind population share," the Latino Decisions report noted, which was also compiled with the organization's senior analyst David Amore. "Mobilizing and enlarging the Latino electorate is particularly acute for Democrats. Indeed, it is because of the overwhelming support of Latino voters that the Democrats are better positioned in many of the swing states needed to cobble together the 270 Electoral College necessary for the presidency."

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