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The Latinx Electorate Is Mobilizing

Photo: 'Vote Here' sign in English and Spanish
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'Vote Here' sign in English and Spanish

Eleven percent of all voters on Election Day in 2018 were Latinx, . According to internal analytics from the , Latinx early voting participation compared to the 2014 midterms. 

Who makes up the Latinx electorate? How are they responding to President Donald Trump’s demands to build a border wall? And will this increased engagement last into 2020?

Host Frank Stasio talks to about Latinx voters and how their reaction to anti-immigrant rhetoric from Trump and other national leaders may affect election results. Wilkinson is an associate professor of politics and international affairs at . She also shares her research on the Latinx population’s thoughts towards the criminal justice system.

Amanda Magnus is the executive producer of Embodied, a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships and health. She has also worked on other ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ shows including Tested and CREEP.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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