Explained: Latino voters swing left in midterm elections, lifting Democrats to big wins in Texas and nationwide

Latino voters moved sharply left in the midterm elections, helping Democrats sweep races in Texas and win battleground House seats nationwide

AP VoteCast

An extensive survey of voters and nonvoters used to analyze the story behind election results

Congressional Hispanic Caucus

A group of Hispanic members of Congress; its campaign arm is called CHC BOLD PAC

citizen voting-age population

The portion of a district's population that is both a citizen and old enough to vote, used to measure Hispanic representation in districts

battleground district

A competitive electoral district where neither party has a clear dominant advantage