Post-Election Wrap-up — The Role of Ethnic Voters

After the last vote is cast in this momentous midterm election, we will use newly released results from the 2026 Midterm Election Voter Poll (MEVP) to understand the role of different ethnic and racial communities in the United States.  

Where did these voter groups differ? What drove the apparently much higher midterm turnout than in other cycles? What do results reveal about the priorities of each group?

a post-election briefing on the participation and influence of Asian American, Black, Latino, and Native American voters, and the stakes for immigrant communities.

John C. Yang, President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice

Clarissa Martínez De Castro, Vice President, Latino Vote Initiative, UnidosUS

Henry Fernandez, Chief Executive Officer, African American Research Collaborative

Annalise Guthrie (Cherokee Nation), Senior Research Officer, Research and Advocacy, First Nations Development Institute

Kica Matos, President, National Immigration Law Center