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"  Today&amp;#039;s voting report from the Census Bureau is promising in the sense that over a million more Latinos voted this past election. However, our voter turnout rate is down since President Barack Obama&amp;#039;s first election in 2008, and way below that of other ethnic groups.  For the 2012 election, our turnout rate was 48 percent, 2 points below that of 2008. The turnout rate for whites was 64.1 percent and 66 percent for blacks. While Latinos did make a huge impact in the recent election, what this rate means is that the number of eligible Latino voters who do not make it to the polls has been rising every election. Where it was only 7 percent in 1997, in 2012, over 20 percent of eligible Latino voters did not vote.  The huge impact we made on the 2012 election just goes to show how important our demographic is in the nation. By 2060, it is estimated that the Latino population will more than double. And with the immigration reform issues becoming more controversial than ever, there&amp;#039;s never been a better time for Latinos to make their voice heard!  Did you vote this past election? Take our poll below!   poll by twiigs.com   Photo: Getty Images Want more from Ariel? Follow her on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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