Latinos Are "Defecting" From Democratic Party feat. Paola Ramos
What A Day
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🗓️ 16 October 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In a Presidential race that will be decided on the margins – there’s evidence that Vice President Kamala Harris is losing support among Black Voters and Latino Voters. Both groups still overwhelmingly support Harris, just less overwhelmingly than Democrats in the past. Journalist Paola Ramos has spent the last few years trying to understand why a growing number of Latinos seem drawn to former President Donald Trump and his far-right, nativist message. She spoke with insurrectionists, border vigilantes, a MAGA congresswoman, and others for her new book “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What it Means for America.”
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, October 16th. I'm Jane Coastin and this is What a Day, the show that is welcoming |
| 0:06.5 | two little pandas, Bao Lee and Chingbao to their new home in Washington, D.C. This is a pro-Panda podcast and I hope they have a wonderful time |
| 0:14.8 | in our nation's capital. |
| 0:17.0 | On today's show, is Donald Trump okay? Plus Vice President Kamala Harris is |
| 0:27.2 | taking to the airwaves in a big way. But first, there are a lot of reasons why |
| 0:31.8 | Democrats are nervous heading into the presidential election. |
| 0:34.7 | For one, it's kind of our thing. |
| 0:37.6 | But this year, it's more than just Pavlovian. |
| 0:40.6 | Almost every poll shows a nail-bitter of a race. |
| 0:43.0 | All of the battleground states are pretty much toss-ups at this point. |
| 0:46.0 | And in a race that will be decided on the margins, |
| 0:48.0 | there is evidence that Vice President Kamala Harris has also been losing support among black voters and Latino voters. |
| 0:54.8 | To be clear, both groups still overwhelmingly support Harris. |
| 0:58.8 | Just less overwhelmingly than Democrats in the past. |
| 1:02.5 | A New York Times-Siana poll out this week found that 78% of black voters say they support Harris. |
| 1:07.7 | That's huge! |
| 1:08.7 | But in 2020, Biden captured 90% of the black vote. |
| 1:13.0 | The poll also found Harris winning about 56% of the Latino vote. |
| 1:16.8 | That's six points behind Biden in 2020. |
| 1:19.6 | Harris has been trying to win back some of that support. |
| 1:22.0 | Most recently, during an unavizion town hall |
| 1:24.1 | with undecided Latino voters. She talked about her plans to bring down the price of groceries, |
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