Hey, consider this listeners. It's Sunday and we have a bonus episode for you. It comes

from our colleagues at CodeSwitch that's NPR's podcast on race. Now, on this episode,

you'll hear from a new generation of Latinx voters, speaking for themselves about what's

gotten them fired up in 2020. Here's host Shireen Marisol Miraji and Jean Demby.

I'm Shireen Marisol Miraji. I'm Jean Demby and this is CodeSwitch from NPR. All right,

so you got the black vote, you got the youthful, you got the women's vote, etc, etc, etc. Perennial

voter demographic stories. We've all heard them. We hear them every time there's an election. And

I don't know about you, Jean, but my instinct is to deeply sigh and to roll my eyes whenever I

come across one of these because they're usually so played. So played. And telling me, Shireen,

we have just a grip of shorthands and euphemisms for white people, for white voters,

middle America, rural voters, blue collar voters, the working class, soccer moms, even angelicals,

the size of majority. I mean, damn. So many. So many ways to say white. So many ways to say white.

Well, this time around, there's some codes which you news in terms of voter demos of color,

should I say, uh, BIPOC voter demographics. And the news is that Latinax voter eligibility

has surpassed black voter eligibility. Right, that's right. Because Latinx voters are projected

in this election to be the second largest demographic behind white voters. That's going to be

the very first time that's ever happened. And a huge reason for that growth is this.

You as born Latinos are turning 18 in record numbers like Fernando Camarillo Gutierrez.

So the defining characteristic of the Latinax vote,

Jean, it's our youthful glow of course. Of course, Serene. That's your defining characteristic as well.

That's supple skin. That's right. So I think we should know is that voters in the youngest voting

eligible generations, that's millennials like me and Gen Zers are much browner, much browner

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