The Latino Voters Who Could Decide the Midterms

<p>Latino voters have never seemed more electorally important than in the coming midterm elections: the first real referendum on the Biden era of government.</p><p>Latinos make up 20 percent of registered voters in two crucial Senate races — Arizona and Nevada — and as much or more in over a dozen competitive House races.</p><p>In the past 10 years, the conventional wisdom about Latino voters has been uprooted. We explore a poll, conducted by The Times, to better understand how they view the parties vying for their vote.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jennifer-medina?smid=pc-thedaily">Jennifer Medina</a>, a national politics reporter for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Two years after former President Donald Trump made surprising gains with Hispanic voters, Republican dreams of a major realignment have failed to materialize, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/us/politics/latino-vote-polling.html?smid=pc-thedaily">according to a New York Times/Siena College poll</a>. </li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>