To have a long term political influence the leaders of this movement need to translate the anger and hope that people are expressing in the streets into a concrete set of proposals for change.
The more dramatic effect was in 1998 and 2000. There was a growth in Latino and Asian- American registration rates and a maintenance of the higher levels of voter participation.
My sense is that this movement, or whatever it is, is building, and it's trying different things.
The argument that this is going to lead to some immediate gain in electoral power, I think, is vastly overstated.
There was an increase in 1994 in Latino voting.
It's very rare that Latinos are the deciding force in an election.
It has the potential to be a foundation for expanded voter turnout and other forms of civic activism but that will require more than just a single weekend or a single week of activism.
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