Swamp Notes: Why more Latinos are voting Republican
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 17 August 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Latino voters were once considered a reliable bet for Democrats. But with each passing election, Republicans are making more inroads with them. The FT’s Houston correspondent, Myles McCormick, and Republican political strategist, Mike Madrid, join this week’s Swamp Notes to unpack this shift.
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
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| 0:10.0 | At Aquinore. UK. Latino voters favored Joe Biden over Donald Trump by a 33-point margin in |
| 0:18.8 | 2020. By the time he dropped out of the race last month, Biden's lead with Latinos had narrowed to single digits. |
| 0:26.0 | And if Kamala Harris wants to stay in the White House, |
| 0:29.2 | she'll have to reverse that's |
| 0:35.0 | this is Swamp Notes the weekly podcast from the F.T. |
| 0:40.0 | news briefing where we talk about all of the things happening in the |
| 0:43.1 | 2024 US presidential election. I'm Sonia Hudson and this week we're asking why are |
| 0:49.8 | Latino voters moving to the right? Here with me to discuss is Miles McCormick. |
| 0:54.0 | He's the F-T's Houston correspondent. |
| 0:56.0 | Hi Miles. |
| 0:57.0 | Hey Sonia, how are you? |
| 0:59.0 | Doing well, thanks. |
| 1:00.0 | We've also got Mike Madrid. |
| 1:02.0 | He's a Republican political strategist and the author of the |
| 1:06.0 | Latino century, how America's largest minority is transforming democracy. |
| 1:11.0 | Hi Mike, thanks for being on the show. Great to be with you guys. I'm looking forward to this. |
| 1:15.8 | So Miles, I want to start with you. |
| 1:17.4 | You recently wrote an F.T. Big Reed about Latino swing voters. |
| 1:22.1 | What were you seeing that made you want to write the piece? |
| 1:24.8 | Yeah, so what got me interested in this topic is looking at certain trends in Texas |
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