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Is There A Latino Vote?

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4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

León Krauze talks with Roberto Suro, professor of public policy and journalism at the University of Southern California, about the much-buzzed-about Latino vote and the 2018 midterms. And John Di Domenico returns with more tweets. Further reading: Whatever Happened to Latino Political Power? The Democrats Have a Latino Problem Democrats Can’t Count on Latinos to Swing The Midterms Latina Republican known as 'Maria Elvira' battles Donna Shalala for Fla. congressional seat Latinos Could Help Sway the Midterms Trump’s Manufactured Menace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Latinos have been asked to play defense over and over and over again, including coming out

0:32.6

and voting against Trump. What we haven't had in a very long time is something to vote for.

0:37.0

And what negativity does is it suppresses the vote.

0:43.3

Latinos have not rejected conservatives or Republican candidates because of what they believe,

0:49.0

because of the of the principles. They've rejected them because there's been an absence

0:53.7

of this conversation about the virtues of the free market, about self-reliance, about hard work,

0:58.5

about what makes America strong.

1:03.8

Hello, welcome to Trumpcast. I'm Leon Krause. I'm a slate columnist and a journalist from

1:08.3

Univision based in Los Angeles, California. I'm thrilled to be hosting the show once more,

1:13.5

especially at a moment such as this. The midterms are one week away and if we choose to believe

1:19.0

forcast models, the Democratic Party is poised to regain control of the House and come close to

1:24.1

doing so in the Senate as well. Whatever the outcome though, after next week's election,

1:29.0

the United States will find itself polarized even further. As the election has drawn nearer,

1:34.8

President Trump has relied on fanning the flames of discord and division that suited him so well

1:41.0

in 2016. His nativism for example has quite frankly reached a boiling point. Trump has turned

1:47.5

a caravan of immigrants where thousands of terrified people flee an impossible situation

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