A test of Trump's coalition

Today, Explained

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🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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We visit New Jersey, where there are cracks emerging in Trump's gains with Latinos. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Miles Bryan. Democratic candidate for governor Representative Mikie Sherrill posing with local Latino supporters of her campaign in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Photo by Christian Paz for Vox. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on Today Explained.
0:02.1	Hi.
0:02.7	Miles Bryan, colleague, producer, reporter.
0:06.1	What's up?
0:06.6	I'm here to take you on a field trip today, Noel, to the beating heart of American politics.
0:12.5	The East Wing of the White House.
0:14.6	No.
0:15.2	A provocative group chat?
0:16.6	Nope.
0:17.2	We're going to New Jersey.
0:21.0	New Jersey. Yes, New Jersey. New Jersey?
0:22.0	Yes, New Jersey.
0:24.8	The Garden State's electing a governor in just about two weeks.
0:28.4	And, you know, Jersey's usually a blue state, but this race is really tight. They're neck and neck.
0:33.1	And the dams thought they were picking a safe choice. You know, their candidates moderate, suburban.
0:37.5	But she's really struggled to win over working class voters,
0:40.8	especially the Latino voters who defected to Trump in mass in the presidential election last year.
0:46.5	You're mad at Trump, but you don't like the Democrats either.
0:50.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right.
0:51.8	Intriguing. I'm going to hang up and listen.
0:54.0	Coming up on Today Explained, Trump's coalition is finally getting tested at the ballot box.
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