The next logical question would be then, if all these Dominican-Americans could vote (i.e. were registered) and exercised their right to vote, what would this mean politically? Do Dominican-American have a political voice (through votes) if they were to flex their political muscle, in concert, within say, the top 25 districts? There has not been a close congressional race where understanding how the Dominican-American constituency could vote would be crucial to determining the election winner. At least, not yet. All the congressional districts within the states found in the top 25 (NY with 12 districts, NJ with 4, FL with 4, MA with 3, and RI with 1) have not held competitive races. All congressional election races have won by an overwhelming majority vote, with the exception of Puerto Rico. If such, were not the case then this would significantly change things within many of these congressional districts. Below is a look at the top five with the highest Dominican-American adult population.25 As one can see from Chart 1 (L to R), for the mainland CD’s Rep. Rangel won by 85 percent of votes, Rep. Serrano by 95 percent, Rep. Velasquez by 95 percent, and Rep. Menendez with 78 percent. Rep. Acevedo-Vila won by 49 percent but this race is held in Puerto Rico, and as such, cannot be compared with other congressional races held within the mainland US.

Source: 108th Congress, Congressional Handbook.