Here’s How Democrats Can Win Back Latino Voters

Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams

Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Latinos are a growing and increasingly powerful part of America’s electorate, with both parties fighting for their favor. While 48% of Latino voters chose Trump in 2024, recent polls show that many are having second thoughts. This week, Stacey is joined by Chuck Rocha, founder and president of Solidarity Strategies, and Clarissa Martinez de Castro, Vice President of the Latino Vote Initiative at Unidos US. They discuss common assumptions and misconceptions about the issues animating these voters, , how ICE and Trump’s deportation policies are backfiring, and what it means for Democrats to authentically engage with diverse Latino communities on a wide variety of issues to win them back in 2026 and beyond.

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Learn & Do More:

Be Curious: If you want to learn more about latino voters and stay up to date on polling trends, visit Unidosus.org and check out their Hispanic electoral data hub. And pick up a copy of Chuck’s book, Tío Bernie: The Inside Story of How Bernie Sanders Brought Latinos Into the Political Revolution.
Solve Problems: If an ICE detention facility is being built in your town, consider organizing a protest. Call your Mayor and City Councilors to register your opposition, and ask them to put pressure on warehouse owners not to sell.
Do Good: The Dilley Immigration Processing Center has made headlines for its inhumane, untenable conditions, particularly for children. Call Dilley and demand they release families as their cases are pending. You can call Dilley at (830) 378-6500 or CoreCivic at 877-834-1550.

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1:52.8	Welcome to Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams from Cricket Media. I'm your host, Stacey Abrams.
2:03.7	Today's episode is a deep dive into the power of Latino voters, how Democrats lost ground in 24, how Trump and the Republican regime's economic and immigration agendas could reshape the landscape yet again, and what Democrats
2:09.8	need to do to step up and truly meet Latino voters where they are. But today is also the
2:16.7	constitutionally mandated state of the union address,
2:20.1	where propaganda about crippling tariffs, stolen freedoms, coming voter suppression, and the terrorizing
2:27.9	of immigrants and citizens alike will be sugarcoded or worse, celebrated. In fact, this will highlight one of the looming fights over immigration
2:37.8	that will not be honestly addressed on Tuesday night,
2:41.9	but will be coming to a town near you.
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