💸💪🏾Moneda Moves (15): "Ok Google, search: 'Dónde votar.'"
¿Que tal, mi gente? 👋🏾 Today at Moneda Moves, we are reflecting on the advances of Latinx on Election Day and how la raza is flexing its voting muscle.🗳We've seen the results: Democrats took control of House and Republicans kept majority in Senate. But perhaps one of the most striking aspects of this year's Election Day was the appeal to and coverage of Latinx voters. Latinx are also more engaged than in year's past. We are reviewing a few of the takeaways from midterm election as they relate to the community.
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Con poder✊🏽,
Lyanne
(Via Denyse® on Giphy)
Latinx populations helps drive gains for Democrats in House, per experts🏠: Though turnout data is not available quite yet, we are definitely keeping our eye out for those numbers for the Latinx community. In the meantime, other information indicates that this population was leaning blue. In a Latino Decisions election eve survey, 73% of Latinos said they voted for the Democratic candidate (from a pool of 9,425 Latino, African American, Asian Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Native American voters).
“The net wave of the Democratic pickup is due entirely to strong support from minority communities who voted Democrat,” Latino Decisions pollster Matt Barreto. The story comes from NBC Latino's Suzanne Gamboa.
Latinx and women who made history✓: A few names you might recognize in a list by the team over at Remezcla and NBC News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), who is the youngest woman elected to Congress but also running on a platform featuring tuition-free public colleges and Medicare for all. Not a bad year to address healthcare now that it is the most important issue for voters per an NBC news exit poll. More on Ocasio-Cortez in Nicole Acevedo's story for NBC Latino.
Antonio Delgado (NY-19), who is a former rapper, Harvard law grad and attorney. He ran on a platform that included protecting teachers, healthcare and service workers as well as affordable healthcare.
Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04), who is the first Mexican-American to represent the area and formerly ran for mayor of Chicago. Before politics, Garcia worked as a paralegal helping immigrants and low-income families.
Florida has a new Latina Lieutenant Governor, Jeanette Nuñez: She ran alongside Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis and will now be "the highest ranking Hispanic female in the history of the state of Florida," per DeSantis. More in the story from NBC Latino's Carmen Sesin.
First Latinas from Texas to represent the state in the U.S. House of Representatives: Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia won with 68.9% of the votes and 74.3% respectively. This is a first for the state of Texas, because even though Latinx make up almost 40% of the state’s population, Texans had never elected any Hispanic women to Congress. More from Acevedo for NBC Latino.
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More coverage and profiles at the intersection of Latinx and politics on NBC Latino. The team did an excellent job with coverage.
The day "Dónde votar" searches spiked >3,000%💻: That's according to GoogleTrends. Remezcla's team brings up a good point: Did these numbers spike due to excitement or lack of proper information? Either way, Spanish-speaking Latinx were looking to become engaged on Election Day.
Latinx voters also say they are more engaged in this year's elections🌟: A recent survey reported by the Pew Research Center found Hispanic voters today say gave “quite a lot” of thought to Election Day this year, and more so than they did in 2014 and 2010. Meanwhile, the number of U.S. Latinx eligible to vote has reached a record 29.1 million, which is up by 4 million since 2014. Could this increase in eligibility and interest mean higher turnout rates? That is the question of the hour. ⏰
Next week, we will be back with your regular money x Latinx programming here! In the meantime, gracias for the responses and feedback on the notitas and keep them coming! ⚡
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