No group is more crucial to the outcome of the 2016 presidential election than Latino voters, and no group of voters is more in play than Latinos during this campaign season.  A surge in Latinos of voting age combined with Donald Trump’s polarizing comments about Mexican immigrants have put Latinos at the center of the race for the White House.

Every year an estimated 800-thousand Latino youths reach voting age and an almost equal number of immigrants from Latin America become naturalized U.S. citizens.  That means by next November the ranks of eligible Latino voters will have grown by 4 to 6-million since the 2012 presidential election.

This event, part of Milano’s Politics and Policy series, will offer a fresh examination of the role of Latinos in the 2016 election. Featuring a panel of journalists, pollsters, and political insiders, we’ll explore political, demographic and economic trends that will shape the outcome in 2016.

Join us on Monday, December 7th for a conversation organized by Feet in 2 Worlds, The Center for New York City Affairs and the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at The New School.

Moderator: Ray Suarez, Host, Inside Story, Al Jazeera America

 Panel will include:

Melissa Mark Viverito, New York City Council Speaker

Dr. Sylvia Manzano, Latino Decisions

Gonzalo Ferrer, Republican National Hispanic Assembly

Daniel Altschuler, Managing Director, Make the Road Action Fund

Samuel Molina, Mi Familia Vota California

Sindy Benavides, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

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