The Rising Impact of the Hispanic Electorate

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🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Center Fellow Gloria Molina is joined by Antonio Villaraigosa, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, strategist Cesar Martinez, and USC Professor Mindy Romero to discuss the growing impact of Latino voters and assess how political parties are reaching them, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Featuring:

Gloria Molina - Fall 2021 Fellow, Center for the Political Future; Former LA County Supervisor and CA Assemblymember
Cesar Martinez - Media strategist for Jeb Bush, George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns
Mindy Romero - Founder and Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy; Research Assistant Professor at USC Price School of Public Policy
Antonio Villaraigosa - 41st Mayor of Los Angeles; Partner and Co-Chair, Mercury Public Affairs

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.7	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respected truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.5	Welcome to our latest edition of the bully pulpit, brought to you by the Center for
0:34.8	the Political Future at the USC Dornside College of Letters,
0:38.6	Arts, and Sciences. I'm Bob Shrum, the director of the center, and I'm just here today to
0:43.9	introduce our discussion on the rising impact of the Hispanic electorate in America.
0:49.4	Our panelists are Caesar Martinez, founder of MAS consulting, a veteran consultant, who has been active in five
0:56.7	U.S. presidential campaigns specializing in the Hispanic vote. He most recently worked for the
1:02.5	Lincoln Project, mobilizing Hispanics to vote for Joe Biden. And he also served on the
1:08.7	Bush Cheney, Romney Ryan, and Jeb Bush presidential campaigns.
1:13.4	So, Cesar, we've been on opposite sides a number of times. Antonio Villarigosa was the 41st
1:21.0	mayor of Los Angeles. He served two terms from 2005 to 2013. He also chaired the Democratic National Convention, and he is a partner and co-chair
1:31.4	in Mercury Public Affairs. Mindy Romero is founder and director of the Center for Inclusive
1:37.6	Democracy at USC's Soul Price School of Public Policy. She's also a research assistant professor
1:43.7	with expertise in Latino political
1:46.6	behavior, voting rights, and political participation, and identity and political movements.
1:53.2	Our moderator is Gloria Molina. We are proud to have her as a fall 2021 fellow at the Center
1:59.8	for the Political Future. She was the first Latina
2:02.9	elected to the California State Assembly and the first Latina, a real pioneer, to join the
2:08.9	Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, where she served for more than two decades. Gloria,
2:14.6	take it away. Thank you, Bob. Appreciate it. Well, welcome. Of course, this is Hispanic
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