Chapter 5: Working-Class Latinos in Las Vegas

The Wilderness

News, Politics

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🗓️ 10 October 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Are demographics destiny? We talk to working-class Latino voters in Las Vegas about what issues matter most to them and whether they’ll vote for Democrats this fall. Political scientist Ruy Teixeira, former Bernie Sanders presidential campaign manager Faiz Shakir, and Carlos Odio of EquisLabs join to discuss. If you want to learn more about how you can take action in the fight for our democracy, head over to Vote Save America and Culinary Union 226: https://votesaveamerica.com/midterm-madness/ https://www.culinaryunion226.org/

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0:00.0	As another election season ramps up, it can be tricky to sort through all the noise and the news.
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0:06.5	Each week, host John Dickerson, Emily Bazelon, and David Plott's decipher the headlines,
0:10.8	break down the races, and tell you what issues really matter.
0:13.6	They don't always agree, but they do always deliver thoughtful debate and have a good time doing it.
0:17.3	Think of political gabfest as having after hours drinks with three journalists friends
0:21.3	who can unpack the underlying issues and broader effects of the latest election.
0:24.8	Great lines.
0:25.5	Great journalists, by the way.
0:26.6	Great journalists and a great podcast.
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0:29.7	Great show, great people.
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0:33.7	Melanie R. Asminde started canvassing when she was 18, before the 2018 Nevada primaries.
0:39.7	She went with her mom, a proud member of Culinary 226, the biggest union in Las Vegas,
0:47.2	one that deployed 500 canvassers to knock on more than half a million doors for Joe Biden.
0:51.7	She likes to teach me, she's like, no, Melanie, you got to do it this way.
0:56.7	She's very loud.
0:57.7	I don't know if you've seen like a Mexican mom trying to fish a point.
1:02.7	Melanie's family hasn't had it easy.
1:04.7	No matter how hard they've worked, it's never been enough to keep up with the cost of
1:07.7	hasn't.
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