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How Trump Won Over the Latino Vote

A deep dive with CJR contributor Jack Herrera.

November 8, 2024
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Nearly half of all Latino voters put their support behind former president Donald Trump this week, according to exit polls—a 14 percent increase from 2020.

Those results surprised many, but not Jack Herrera, who has been reporting on the shifting voting habits of Latino communities across the country for years.

Herrera joins The Kicker to talk about what he’s learned from his journalism in Pennsylvania, Iowa, and the border counties of Texas. 

Read more:

  • Herrera’s article for CJR’s Election Issue on Lorena López, the editor of Iowa’s La Prensa
  • Herrera’s 2024 reporting on Latino voting in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Iowa

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Josh Hersh is an editor at CJR. He was previously a correspondent and senior producer at Vice News.