It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

And yes, it's election season.

And we're going to talk now about Latino voters ahead of November's elections.

According to pure research, Latinos are the second largest racial and ethnic group in the country now, after whites,

whose growth makes up 50% of all newly eligible voters since our last presidential election.

If we've learned anything in these past few months about Latino voters,

it's that old conventions aren't totally applicable anymore, right? First of all, party loyalty

to Democrats is not a given. Back in March, the New York Times found that 46% of Latino voters

polled intended to vote for Trump, while just 40% stood behind Biden. This was after Trump

claimed that immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, but Republicans

shouldn't rejoice too quickly. A recent poll conducted by Voto Latino of Hispanic voters and

swing states found increasing interest in supporting

third party candidates, particularly RFK Jr., so we'll talk about that too. And then there's

the common misconception of border politics and immigration more broadly being the motivating

issue for Latinos at the ballot box. In reality, Latinos issue agenda doesn't vary

much from other Americans. According to Unidos U.S., pocketbook issues like housing affordability and

economic security are of higher importance. That's not to say that migration isn't relevant,

but their views on our asylum

seeker crisis and Biden's recent executive order, closing the border are more nuanced than, quote,

open borders versus build the wall. So we have a very interesting guest on this,

Mike Madrid, political consultant, and author of The Latino Century,

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