The Myth Of The 'Latino Vote'

Latino USA

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🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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A major lesson from the 2020 election is one that Latinos already know: The idea of a single “Latino vote” is a myth. Latinos and Latinas throughout the United States draw from different histories that have shaped their different policy interests, ideologies, and personal experiences—and that all inform how they ultimately cast their ballots. President Trump won Florida, including nearly half of all Latinx-identifying voters in the state. But across the country in Arizona, grassroots groups led a wave of younger Latinx voters to flip the state blue for President-elect Joe Biden. In this episode of Latino USA, we take a closer look at the Latino and Latina voters that made it out to the polls in these states and how they decided who to cast their critical votes for.

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0:00.0	From Futuromiria, it's Latino USA.
0:13.1	I'm Maria Inohosa and today, the myth of the so-called Latino vote.
0:27.7	In the weeks and months leading up to the 2020 election, we heard a lot about the, quote-unquote,
0:33.8	Latino vote.
0:34.8	R's is a community that is all too often overlooked, even though we are one of the fastest growing
0:39.8	ethnic groups in this country.
0:42.2	The Latinx community is growing in political power because we're making sure that folks
0:46.3	are getting involved in the political process.
0:49.0	Well-questioned is, will they turn out?
0:51.1	Will the Latino community turn out?
0:53.4	Former Bernie Sanders campaign advisor, Chuck Rocha, called Latino and Latina voters,
0:58.7	the single most important factor in the 2020 election.
1:02.9	A record 32 million Latinos across the country were eligible to vote this election.
1:08.9	And that growing electorate was expected to be decisive in a supposed blue wave this
1:14.6	year.
1:16.0	Predictions especially focused on possible swing states with large Latino populations,
1:21.0	like Florida, Nevada, Arizona, and even Texas.
1:25.1	But past elections have taught us that Latinos vote for those who have reached out to them
1:30.7	directly.
1:32.5	Democratic Socialist candidate Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary in Nevada with 53
1:38.2	percent of Latino's votes.
1:40.1	He appealed to young and working class voters with his platform of Medicare for all and
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