The Latino Vote
The Latino Vote Podcast brings together the most sophisticated Latino voices in the country to provide you with insightful, accurate, unbiased, and timely information relating to the voting patterns and inclinations of the Nation’s Hispanics. Mike Madrid, a brilliant GOP strategist who has worked for several U.S. presidents, and who is also the founder of the 2020 “game-changing” Lincoln Project, and Chuck Rocha, the senior strategist of the Bernie Sanders Campaign and the most impactful political consultant in the country in the last quarter century, face off with host, Jason Villalba, a three-term former member of the Texas Legislature and now the respected Chairman of the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation. Together, they bring you a ringside seat to a “no-holds barred” discussion of, The Latino Vote.
The Latino Vote
Latino Identity in America: How Do We Perceive Ourselves?
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New Pew Research report shows growing pessimism about Latino identity and a partisan split in how identity is viewed. Mike and Chuck offer their thoughts on this and more…
In This Episode
- ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, TX
- New Pew Research report on Latino American identity
- Campaign strategy: current money allocation is not working
- Graham Platner campaign suspended in Maine
- NALEO Conference in Los Angeles and 50th anniversary
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Recorded July 9, 2026
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Referenced In This Episode:
- CNN - ICE officer fatally shoots man while conducting traffic stop in Houston, agency says: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/us/houston-ice-shooting-death
- Pew Research Center - U.S. Hispanics Are Divided on Whether Their Identity Helps or Hurts Them in America: https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2026/07/09/u-s-hispanics-are-divided-on-whether-their-identity-helps-or-hurts-them-in-america/
- The Guardian - Graham Platner ends Maine Senate campaign after sexual assault allegation: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/graham-platner-maine-senate-campaign
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