Why this crucial voting bloc is inching to the right

为什么这个关键的投票集团正在慢慢右倾

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2024-10-11

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Democratic candidates for office have historically relied on support from Latino voters. But recent elections and polling show that this crucial voting bloc is starting to move further to the right. In her new book, Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America, journalist Paola Ramos explores the forces behind this shift. She spoke to Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu about what all of this could signal for the 2024 election.
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  • This is in conversation from Apple News.

  • I'm Shemitah Basu.

  • Today why a crucial voting block is warming up

  • to the far right Latinos in the United States.

  • A growing group of voters could cast decisive ballots

  • in this presidential election.

  • Historically, they've leaned Democratic.

  • Barack Obama won 70% of the Latino vote in 2012.

  • Hillary Clinton captured roughly the same

  • in 2016 when Trump ran for reelection.

  • Latinos registered and came out to vote in record numbers.

  • And those numbers indicated a small but.

  • Notable shift come 2020.

  • Donald Trump does between 8 to 10 points better

  • with Latino voters in 2020 than he does in 2016.

  • There's many reasons to expl.

  • The first explanation is

  • that who Latino voters are today is so vastly different

  • from who we are 20,

  • 30 years ago.