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Latino USA

Why Campaigns Fail To Get Latinos To Vote

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Documentary

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Thirty two million Latinos are eligible to vote this election – a record. But research suggests that, in battleground states, 57% of them are not going to cast ballots. Reporter Gisele Regatāo reports on how that is playing out in two key swing states, Florida and Pennsylvania.

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0:00.0

Funtura.

0:06.8

I think the Latinx community is the canary

0:08.7

in the coal mine of our democracy.

0:11.0

And when so many people don't think this is something

0:14.9

that can meaningfully make a difference for them,

0:17.3

it reflects poorly on the quality and legitimacy

0:20.1

of our democracy.

0:24.9

From Futuro Media, it's Latino USA.

0:27.3

I'm Mariano Jose and today have the presidential campaigns

0:32.3

fail to mobilize Latino voters once again.

0:45.0

32 million Latinos are eligible to vote this election.

0:49.1

That's a record.

0:50.8

But research suggests that in battleground states,

0:54.2

57% of them are not going to cast ballots.

1:02.9

Historically, Latino and Latina turnout

1:05.6

has always been lower than that of whites,

1:08.4

African-Americans, and Asians.

1:11.2

Many had hoped that things would be different this time around.

1:14.6

During the primaries, Senator Bernie Sanders

1:17.2

made Latinos and Latinas a focus of his campaign.

1:20.8

Many of them called him Theo Bernie.

1:23.8

We call someone a Theo.

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