The co-founder of The Lincoln Project, former political director of the California Republican Party and author most recently of The Latino Century explains the stakes in the closing days of the 2024 race and what Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are doing right and wrong in courting this pivotal (and soon to be dominant) group of Americans.
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Show notes:
Why American latinos are slamming the door shut on new immigrants
Why the 2012 GOP autopsy was wrong, historicall wrong
“There’s very little evidence that shows Latinos becoming getting more conservative, there’s a lot of evidence showing them becoming more populist”
“Latinos don’t believe he (Trump) is talking about them”
“43% of latinos think we should be building a wall … The Overton Window on latinos has changed dramatically”
“It’s kinda like talking to the Irish about the potato famine. Like let’s go over our import policy in Ireland. (3rd and 4th gen Latin-Americans) view it as so far back that they think they’re not talking about them, or, increasingly, they believe those people should be here illegally either.”
“Back in the day, the Irish were not viewed as white, the Italians were not viewed as white … Generationally, we have melted in to the pot and moved on”
“They’re voting like their non-college educated white counterparts on the construction sites”
“That ethnic anchor is much weaker by the third generation”
Madrid’s up at the 26’ mark. Before that we’ve got our four downs, and after our Q n A.
"Like talking to the Irish about the Potato Famine" - Mike Madrid on the Latino shift to Trump (Ep. 2)