Voter roundtable: Listening to Latino voters from across the country

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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Talk Show, News, Npr, Daily, On Point

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Political analysts call the Hispanic vote a ‘sleeping giant.’ Most still vote Democratic, but the GOP is gaining ground. We'll listen to Hispanic voters from across the country. Rick Sanchez, Veronica Lopez, Iris Ramos-Jones and Doni Curkendall join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:19.3	This is on point.
0:20.3	I'm Megna Chacrobardi.
0:22.0	Latino Americans comprise 20% of this country's population.
0:26.5	That's one in five.
0:28.4	And up from just 5% of the population in 1970.
0:32.5	One of our guests today calls Latinos quote,
0:35.2	the sleeping giant of the US electorate.
0:38.8	And well, now come the midterms.
0:41.1	So let's hear how that sleeping giant
0:43.6	might have an impact on the 2022 elections.
0:47.7	I'm joined by a round table of Latino American voters.
0:50.9	And Veronica Lopez is one of them.
0:53.0	She joins us from Zapata, Texas.
0:54.8	She's vice president at Zapata National Bank.
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