What happened to the Hispanic and Asian voters in the 2010 elections?

About 31% of eligible Latino and Asian voters cast ballots in the 2010 congressional elections, compared with 49% of eligible white voters and 44% of eligible blacks, according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center that shows that the nation’s fastest-growing minorities are largely failing to exercise their right to vote. The absence of so many Latino and Asian voters at the polls means that the political influence of these minority groups will fall short of their demographic strength by years, if not decades. The snapshot of minority voting comes on the heels of a poll showing that support for Obama among Latinos is down by more than 25 percentage points compared with the start of his administration — cause for serious concern among Democrats since Obama needs Latinos to show up in force for him in 2012, as they did in 2008, political analysts say.