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Rerun: Why Latino Christians Vote Beyond Immigration

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Christianity Today

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.3622 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Hi Quick to Listen listeners. We recorded this episode in 2018 but given the headlines from this week's election, we thought you mind find it constructive and helpful so we decided to drop it in our feed again. As always, send us your thoughts and questions at [email protected] or on Twitter at @CTPodcasts. Elections often call attention to white evangelicals whose votes and voices play a significant role in national elections. But their attitudes and values don’t necessarily represent those of evangelicals from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Case in point: Latino evangelicals. According to data from the Billy Graham Center Institute at Wheaton College and LifeWay Research, 41 percent of Hispanics with evangelical beliefs voted for Trump in 2016. What were the issues that most influenced their vote?According to the same survey, 19 percent said improving the economy, 14 percent said helping those in need, and 14 percent said a candidate’s position on immigration.“ Most Latinos will tend to be socially conservative on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage but will tend to be social liberals on issues like education and immigration, so we’ve tended to be divided on how we spread the vote,” said Juan Martínez, who currently serves as professor of Hispanic studies and pastoral leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary. “This isn’t new; it just stands out more because we’re a larger percentage of the voting block. Those of us who have voted have struggled with this for years because the Democrat/Republican way that this is broken out doesn’t fit us well.” Martínez joined associate digital media producer Morgan Lee and editor in chief Mark Galli to discuss the history of Latino evangelicals and what unifies and divides the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.9

Hi, quick to listen, listeners. This is Morgan, your host. We recorded this episode in 2018,

0:28.6

but given the headlines from this week's election, we thought you might find it

0:31.7

constructive and helpful to listen to again. So we decided to put it in our feed.

0:36.3

As always, send us your thoughts and questions at

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podcasts at Christianitytoday.com or on Twitter at CT Podcasts. Here is this week's extra bonus

0:48.5

slash rerun episode why Latino Christians vote beyond immigration.

0:56.0

This is quick to listen, where we set aside hashtags and hot takes discuss a major cultural event.

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On today's show, Juan Martinez joins us to talk about the political priorities of Latino evangelicals.

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Music of Latino evangelicals. Thanks for us joining us this week.

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I'm Morgan Lee,

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Associate Digital Media producer here at Christianity Today.

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I'm with my co-host and our editor-in-chief, Mark Galley.

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Good afternoon.

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How's it going?

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Good.

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I am following the dictates of Southwest Magazine.

1:34.6

I was just on a flight back from warm and sunny Dallas, where it was 73 when I left,

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to land into drizzly and 47-degree Chicago, the title on their magazine this month is

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Embrace the Elements.

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