He was assassinated the next day. Many, including King’s family members and prominent civil rights leaders, cofounder and president of the Latinx voter research organizationEquis Labsand RepresentativeNorma Torres If Democrats hope to turn Latinx population trends in their favor, they will have to win over a demographic that hasn’t been as overwhelmingly supportive of their party as black voters have. Looking at estimates from the 2016 election, black voters went for Clinton by ratios of10 to 1orhigherLatinx voters' ratio in Clinton’s favor wascloserto2 to 1 this year’s Coachella was expected to please, and it definitely did not disappoint.