Which Party Are Latino Voters Choosing In 2022?

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🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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The crew discusses why some Republican candidates are changing their tune about the legitimacy of the 2020 election depending on the situation. They also look at the politics of two hot button issues in the Senate and speak with Carlos Odio of Equis Research about how Latino voters are viewing the two parties in 2022. Tickets to the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast live show in Washington, DC on October 25th can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there listeners, Galen here. Before we get started, I wanted to let you in on some big news,
0:05.6	which is that after a two and a half year hiatus, 538 is going to again be hitting the road for
0:13.4	a live show. We're going to be in Washington DC on October 25th. We will be at 6th and I. It's
0:20.0	going to be just before the midterm elections. So come and join us. I'm going to put a link in the
0:24.8	show notes where you can find tickets. Again, that's October 25th at 6th and I in Washington DC.
0:31.3	We look forward to seeing you there.
0:42.0	Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics podcast. I'm Galen Drug. Former President Trump's
0:47.8	eight point improvement with Latino voters between 2016 and 2020 was one of the most notable outcomes
0:54.4	of the last presidential election. It was a trend we saw across the country but was most noticeable
0:59.9	in South Florida and the Rio Grande Valley where even long time Democratic territory moved
1:05.2	decisively to the right. Whether that trend will continue is a big question for these midterms.
1:11.2	This weekend we got some new data on how Latino voters are thinking about the two parties
1:16.2	two years later and we're going to dig into it. The top line news is that things haven't changed
1:21.3	all that much since 2020. We're also going to talk about some of the political calculations in
1:26.8	the Senate surrounding abortion and same-sex marriage in the final seven weeks before the midterms.
1:32.4	Why did Lindsey Graham introduce a 15-week abortion ban and why is Schumer postponing a vote
1:37.7	on the Respect for Marriage Act until after the election? And we have some original reporting on
1:43.0	one Republican candidate who told voters in private that how he talks about the legitimacy of
1:47.8	the 2020 election depends on who he's talking to. Here with me to discuss our politics editor,
1:53.3	Sir, Frostensen, hello, Sarah. Hey, Hey, Galen. Hey, y'all. Also here with us is Elections
1:58.5	Analyst, Nathaniel Raikich, Hey, Nathaniel. Hey, Galen. And Senior Politics reporter Monica
2:03.9	Paz. Hello, Monica. Hi, Galen. Hi, everyone. Later in the show, Carlos Odeo of Equis Research is
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