Julio Cotto is senior vice president of the National Hispanic Institute, which works with Latino youth to develop future leaders. He lives in Austin, Texas, where he teaches a class of high-school students receiving college credit at Austin Community College. Follow him on Twitter at @NHIJulio.

The Gap Between the Parties Is Only Growing
Conservatives tend to be rural, uneducated, older, and white, while liberals tend to be younger, live