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🗓️ 23 October 2018

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A look at two forthcoming elections: the November midterms in California, and the second round of Brazil’s general election on Oct 28. Gustavo Arrellano of Orange County, author of Ask a Mexican and Taco USA, wrote in a recent Los Angeles Times op-ed that “The Spotlight may be on the OC, but Democrats are building for the long haul in the Central Valley” — in other words, he explains why winning blue in Bakersfield and Fresno is even more important than in Republican OC — and, says it could be a template for winning back small towns and rural America.

Suzi then talks to Matthew Richmond in Sao Paulo about the Oct 28 second round of the general election. The ultra-right-wing Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal party is ahead of the PT’s Fernando Haddad (as Lula sits in jail), and we get Matthew Richmond’s analysis of how Bolsonaro was able to gain a formidable base among the poor — and why these constituencies support Bolsonaro when his economic policies will hurt them.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Jacobin Radio, I'm Susie Weisman.
0:09.0	We concentrate today on two forthcoming elections, the November
0:16.2	midterms here in California and the second round of Brazil's general election on
0:20.4	October 28th. Gustavo Ariano joins us from the O.C.
0:25.0	He's the author of Ask a Mexican and Taco USA.
0:29.0	Gustavo wrote an op-ed this week in the LA Times and says that the spotlight may be on the
0:34.4	O.C. but Democrats are building for the long haul in the Central Valley.
0:38.4	In other words, he explains why winning blue in Bakersfield and Fresno is even more important than in the Republican
0:44.8	Orange County. And he says it could be a template for winning back small towns and rural America.
0:50.5	We'll get his take. We then talk to Matthew Richmond in Sao Paulo where he's
0:55.4	doing research on the favelas and urban periphery about the October 28th
1:00.0	second round of the general election in Brazil. The ultra right-wing
1:04.0	Gire Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party is ahead of the P.T.'s Fernando
1:09.1	Adagee, Lulis in jail, and we're going to talk to Matthew about Bolsonaro's formidable base among the poor,
1:17.0	not just the more traditional base of support, the elite, and the wealthy,
1:21.0	and ask why Bolsonaro has been able to win support of these constituencies
1:25.8	even though his economic policies will hurt them. All this on Jacobin Radio in
1:31.6	just a moment.
1:33.0	Welcome to Jacobin Radio.
1:40.0	Welcome to Jacobin Radio.
1:42.0	I'm Susie Wiseman very pleased to have Gustavo Arellano with us.
1:46.4	He's the former publisher and editor of Orange County's Alternative Weekly,
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