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The Stakes of Nevada’s Latino Vote

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

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News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Democrats have been winning reliably in Nevada, but between the lack of enthusiasm for Joe Biden among Latino voters, and a lackluster voter-turnout effort from Vegas’s hospitality union, it’s very possible that the face of Nevada’s “Stop the Steal” effort may win a Senate seat.


Guest: Jon Ralston, CEO and Editor in Chief of The Nevada Independent.


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0:00.0

Sam Mendes presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, an audible original drama.

0:05.6

The young gentleman's name would be...

0:08.3

Oliver, Oliver Twist.

0:10.7

...with Brian Cox as Fagan.

0:12.9

What have you seen? Street boy.

0:14.9

Nicola Cochlan as Nancy and Daniel Caluia as Bill Sykes.

0:19.3

Oh, look at me like a hello to my lawyer.

0:21.3

I love you, baby.

0:22.3

...with original music by Dan Gillespie Cells.

0:25.7

Subscription required, see audible.co.uk for terms.

0:37.0

Of all the places with tight midterm races this year,

0:40.5

I think of Nevada as the place with all of the storylines happening at once.

0:49.2

If you're wondering how the economy is going to blow back on Democrats,

0:52.8

Nevada has some of the highest gas prices in the country.

0:57.3

If you're wondering whether Latino voters are going to turn towards the GOP,

1:02.5

well, Latinos make up about 20% of the electorate here.

1:06.4

Or as John Ralston at the Nevada Independent puts it,

1:10.0

Democrats are facing headwinds all around the country.

1:13.9

But in Nevada, those headwinds are category five.

1:17.6

You talk about the Canary and the coal mine for the Democrats.

1:21.3

You have the first and only woman ever elected as a Latina to the U.S. Senate.

1:27.6

And if she can't get that Hispanic cohort to vote for her by two to one,

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