Growing share of U.S. lawmakers have used ‘Latinx’ on social media, but terms like Hispanic and Latino or Latina remain more common

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August 21, 2020

Rising share of lawmakers – but few Republicans – are using the term Latinx on social media

Growing share of U.S. lawmakers have used ‘Latinx’ on social media, but terms like Hispanic and Latino or Latina remain more common

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Growing share of U.S. lawmakers have used ‘Latinx’ on social media, but terms like Hispanic and Latino or Latina remain more common

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Rising share of lawmakers – but few Republicans – are using the term Latinx on social media
Mentions of Latinx are relatively rare among U.S. adults on Twitter
Lawmakers using ‘Latinx’ on social media tend to do so in addition to Latino or Latina and Hispanic

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