Election coverage in 2024 has portrayed individual members of Latino communities as a collective bloc. As coverage of polling sacrifices nuance over numbers, an opportunity is missed to delve into issues that a care about.
Polls are used in the media, for example, to show that President 鈥揳nd that . But, a , shows that Latinos are underrepresented in most polls. And that 鈥渘ational election polls are not designed for sub-group analysis.鈥�
Today on The Wheelhouse, honing in on people and policy, and not on who prospective voters from the Latino diaspora are going to vote for.
To include more Latino voices in the conversation, we arranged a bilingual phone operator to receive calls in both English and Spanish, marking The Wheelhouse鈥檚 first bilingual show. We will be doing more of these programs in the future. If you have feedback or suggestions please reach out: wheelhouse@ctpublic.org.
This episode continues 黑料吃瓜网 and The Wheelhouse's election coverage, connecting people to policy. We鈥檝e already tackled reproductive rights, how to talk to your kids about politics, and the role of the media in presidential elections.
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GUESTS:
- : Associate professor of political science and El Instituto, University of 黑料吃瓜网
- : senior politics reporter, Vox
- Maricarmen Cajahuaringa: Latino communities reporter, 黑料吃瓜网
- : Columnist, MSNBC
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