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Latino Voters Poised to Play a Critical Role in the 2020 Election

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KQED

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.2727 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Latinos make up about 32 million eligible voters nationwide. That could mean they could have significant sway this year in the presidential race in swing states like Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. At the same time, campaigns and political parties often fail to engage Latino voters and turnout remains in question in a year when the coronavirus pandemic has complicated voting and campaigns. We talk about what is changing in 2020 and how Latinos can flex more political power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Music From KQED. From KQED. From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, 32 million Latinos nationwide are eligible to cast ballots this year.

0:58.2

But polls find lower levels of enthusiasm for the election and candidates than in 2016,

1:03.8

partly because of the pandemic, but also because of lackluster efforts from both Democrats

1:08.5

and Republicans to engage them, advocates say. With the power to be

1:12.9

decisive in several races, we look at what's being done to mobilize Latino voters in the final

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weeks before November 3rd. Join us after this news. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. A poll last month of Latino voters found only 40% said they'd been contacted by a presidential

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campaign.

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Political parties often fail to engage Latino voters effectively, even though they have the

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numbers to sway crucial swing states in the presidential election, as well as tight

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local races.

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