Understanding the “Latino Vote” with Chuck Rocha

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

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🗓️ 27 October 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Why is Donald Trump doing better with Latino voters in 2020 than he was in 2016? The central tension in even asking that question is – who exactly are Latino voters? As campaign veteran Chuck Rocha points out, beneath that label is a deeply diverse group. Still, Rocha found success in reaching Latino voters as senior advisor to the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign. So what did he do right that other campaigns are struggling to do? From outreach to messaging to the undeniable generational divide, Chuck Rocha dives deep into the voting bloc that could decide the election. RELATED READING: Tío Bernie: The Inside Story of How Bernie Sanders Brought Latinos Into the Political Revolution by Chuck Rocha

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0:00.0	So there's been 600,000 Latinos that have registered since Donald Trump has been the
0:03.3	president, 200,000 of them registered as a Democrat, 125,000 of them registered as a
0:09.0	Republican.
0:10.0	Good for the Democrats.
0:11.0	They have more.
0:12.0	But guess what?
0:13.0	265,000 of them registered as no party preference to make my point about where a persuadable
0:19.1	universe.
0:20.4	This is the real dramatic.
0:21.5	These kids are coming of age.
0:22.9	They're like, am I Democrat?
0:24.8	Am I Republican?
0:25.8	Well, I don't like Donald Trump.
0:26.9	I can't be a Republican.
0:27.9	But I don't really know what these Democrats are.
0:29.9	I kind of like Bernie Sanders.
0:30.9	He seemed cool and all of my friends liked him.
0:32.8	We'll just register as no party and just see who talks to us, which is neither one of
0:36.7	the parties.
0:37.7	Hello, and welcome to Why is this happening with me, your host, Chris A's.
0:47.4	Well you can hear from the sound quality that I have.
0:50.8	I'm not in the closet and I'm in my home set up and you might see to yourself, Chris,
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