/tags/latino-vote Latino Vote en-US WLRN Tue, 02 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2024-01-02/biden-democrats-latino-vote-florida-2024-election A new poll released by FIU shows Biden's support among Latinos nationally has dropped. Eduardo Gamarra of the Latino Public Opinion Forum tells WLRN how these numbers can affect the 2024 presidential election — and how Democrats might regain some of the lost ground. Tue, 02 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2024-01-02/biden-democrats-latino-vote-florida-2024-election Helen Acevedo /politics/2023-02-28/latino-republicans-push-back-on-partys-immigration-agenda The GOP’s dominance of Florida’s 27th congressional district is emblematic of the party’s inroads with Latino voters in recent years in much of the U.S. Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:00:00 GMT /politics/2023-02-28/latino-republicans-push-back-on-partys-immigration-agenda Adriana Gomez Licon and Michelle L. Price | Associated Press /politics/2022-12-12/you-say-progressive-yo-digo-progresista-losses-divide-floridas-latino-democrats Florida's progressive and moderate Latino Democrats are at sharp odds after watching more of the state's Latino voters flock to the GOP in midterm elections. Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:00:00 GMT /politics/2022-12-12/you-say-progressive-yo-digo-progresista-losses-divide-floridas-latino-democrats Tim Padgett /local-news/2022-11-09/gop-rides-latino-support-in-florida-as-miami-dade-turns-red For some Democrats, losing South Florida's Miami-Dade County was unthinkable. The state's largest county in population and a Democratic stronghold, home to 1.5 million Latinos of voting age, has been a staging ground for virtually every successful statewide Democratic campaign for the last two decades. Wed, 09 Nov 2022 21:22:59 GMT /local-news/2022-11-09/gop-rides-latino-support-in-florida-as-miami-dade-turns-red Adriana Gomez Licon and Michelle L. Price | Associated Press, Steve Peoples | Associated Press /politics/2022-11-02/gimenez-looks-ahead-in-floridas-new-28th-district-but-asencio-hopes-to-marshal-dem-potential Former state Rep. Robert Asencio believes South Dade and Monroe County independents and Latinos will help him unseat GOP Congressman Carlos Gimenez. Wed, 02 Nov 2022 18:40:12 GMT /politics/2022-11-02/gimenez-looks-ahead-in-floridas-new-28th-district-but-asencio-hopes-to-marshal-dem-potential Helen Acevedo, Tim Padgett /news/2021-02-12/politicians-encouraged-to-learn-spanish-not-just-fake-it-during-campaigns The advocacy group Voto Latino is stressing the need for year-round, bilingual engagement with Latino constituents. They're also calling out feeble attempts many candidates make to speak Spanish. Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:29:23 GMT /news/2021-02-12/politicians-encouraged-to-learn-spanish-not-just-fake-it-during-campaigns Juana Summers /news/2021-01-19/report-democrats-need-a-better-presence-and-message-with-florida-latinos Joe Biden won the Florida Latino vote — but it was nonetheless a weak performance that has stunned his party into rethinking its approach to the state. Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:42:33 GMT /news/2021-01-19/report-democrats-need-a-better-presence-and-message-with-florida-latinos Tim Padgett /2020-11-11/how-florida-democrats-lost-latino-voters-and-what-they-should-learn-from-it Latinos helped Trump win Florida. What do the Democrats learn from the loss? Wed, 11 Nov 2020 15:40:00 GMT /2020-11-11/how-florida-democrats-lost-latino-voters-and-what-they-should-learn-from-it Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Suria Rimer /2020-10-30/what-pundits-get-wrong-about-the-latino-vote Geraldo Cadava, author of The Hispanic Republican, discusses the biggest misconceptions about Latino voters, who are projected to be the largest non-white voting demographic in 2020. Fri, 30 Oct 2020 21:00:54 GMT /2020-10-30/what-pundits-get-wrong-about-the-latino-vote Natalie Escobar /2020-10-30/black-and-latino-voters-flooded-with-disinformation-in-elections-final-days Hoaxes and misleading posts aimed at depressing turnout have spread on social media. Experts say it outpaces 2016, when Black voters were the top target of Russian-backed disinformation. Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:32:03 GMT /2020-10-30/black-and-latino-voters-flooded-with-disinformation-in-elections-final-days Shannon Bond