The Field: A Divided Latino Vote in Arizona

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This episode contains strong language. In the last decade, elections have tightened in Arizona, a traditionally Republican stronghold, as Democrats gain ground. According to polls, Joe Biden is leading in the state — partly because of white suburban women moving away from President Trump, but also because of efforts to activate the Latino vote. Will that turn states like Arizona blue? And do enough Hispanic voters actually want Mr. Biden as president? To gauge the atmosphere, Jennifer Medina, a national politics reporter for The New York Times, spoke to Democratic activists and Trump supporters in Arizona. Guests: Jennifer Medina, a national politics reporter for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: Though a majority of Latino voters favors Democrats, Hispanic men are a small but enduring part of Trump’s base. Those supporters see him as forceful, unapologetic and a symbol of economic success.If Joe Biden wins Arizona, he would be only the second Democratic presidential candidate to have done so since 1952. But the state has been trending more friendly to the party for years.

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0:26.0	Hello, hello.
0:33.0	What do you think about this heat, Jenny?
0:38.0	Dry heat, dry heat.
0:40.0	Let's see.
0:41.0	It's 103.
0:42.0	I sort of under appreciate how it is nearly October and it is still 100 degrees every
0:55.9	single day.
0:59.4	From the New York Times, this is the field.
1:02.7	I'm Jenny Medina and Phoenix, Arizona.
1:09.1	So we are in a seven park predominantly Latino and predominantly Mexican American neighborhood,
1:15.8	pretty working class.
1:18.2	So we are seeing canvacers with Lucha.
1:21.6	Lucha is a progressive social justice organization in Arizona that really in the last few years
1:27.5	helped get many local Democrats elected to office.
1:35.4	So we walk up to a group of about half a dozen young Latino canvacers standing under the
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