WASHINGTON _ California Latinos turned out to vote in big numbers in November's midterm elections, helping Democrats flip seven House seats and raising expectations for the role they may play in 2020.
Data obtained by McClatchy show that the proportion of Latinos voting in the seven California congressional districts that Democrats targeted last year rose to levels normally seen in presidential elections.
Democratic leaders point to President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric and the party's own get-out-the-vote operation for spurring the heavy turnout.
