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Education matters for Latino voters

Latino voters would reward any presidential candidate who pushes for vocational and technical education, according to a poll conducted for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents 720,000 active and retired members nationally.

The survey by the Mellman Group polled 1,200 likely Latino voters in California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada.

Eighty-two percent of those polled said they favored a publicly funded program to guarantee high-school graduates two years of technical or vocational education, 70 percent said they would support a presidential candidate who shared their view.

Seventy-one percent of Latino voters polled said improved training was “one of the most important” or “very important” ways to improve the economy, ahead of expanding international trade, cutting taxes or canceling unfair trade agreements.