The same young Latino voters who swung to Donald Trump in 2024 just handed New York to Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani - and no, they haven't changed their minds about anything. Strategist Mike Madrid explains why the fastest-growing bloc in American politics is walking out on both parties at once. 

Madrid - author of The Latino Century - joins the show to blow up the way both parties read the Latino vote. His case: what looks like voters lurching right, then left, then right again is actually a dealignment - a conscious rejection of the entire two-party system, driven by class and generation far more than ethnicity. The crew digs into California's Latino turnout surge behind Becerra, why New York's closed primaries produced a dismal 9% turnout, and what really went down at the first-ever National Latino Summit in D.C. Stick around for his blunt advice on how voters can break the cycle of partisanship.

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00:00:00 – The Latino Vote: America's Most Misunderstood Bloc
00:01:04 – Dealignment, Not Realignment: Leaving Both Parties
00:03:00 – It's Not Ethnic — Latinos Vote Their Class
00:04:44 – The Turnout Story: California Surges, New York Flatlines
00:09:32 – Inside the First-Ever National Latino Summit
00:13:24 – Conscious Disaffiliation and the Under-30 Surge
00:16:24 – Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, and Starving Voters
00:18:06 – Are Latinos Really Going Socialist?
00:20:22 – Adams to Trump to Mamdani in Four Years
00:23:24 – The Fix Nobody Wants to Hear: Leave Your Party
00:30:04 – The Voting-Rights Case Headed to Court
00:34:06 – Mike's Book, Substack, and Where to Follow

The same young Latino voters who swung to Donald Trump in 2024 just handed New York to Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani - and no, they haven't changed their minds about anything. Strategist Mike Madrid explains why the fastest-growing bloc in American politics is walking out on both parties at once.&nbsp;
Madrid - author of The Latino Century - joins the show to blow up the way both parties read the Latino vote. His case: what looks like voters lurching right, then left, then right again is actually a dealignment - a conscious rejection of the entire two-party system, driven by class and generation far more than ethnicity. The crew digs into California's Latino turnout surge behind Becerra, why New York's closed primaries produced a dismal 9% turnout, and what really went down at the first-ever National Latino Summit in D.C. Stick around for his blunt advice on how voters can break the cycle of partisanship.
Listen to more episodes and read in-depth coverage at:
https://ivn.us
https://independentvoterproject.org
00:00:00 &ndash; The Latino Vote: America's Most Misunderstood Bloc 00:01:04 &ndash; Dealignment, Not Realignment: Leaving Both Parties 00:03:00 &ndash; It's Not Ethnic &mdash; Latinos Vote Their Class 00:04:44 &ndash; The Turnout Story: California Surges, New York Flatlines 00:09:32 &ndash; Inside the First-Ever National Latino Summit 00:13:24 &ndash; Conscious Disaffiliation and the Under-30 Surge 00:16:24 &ndash; Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, and Starving Voters 00:18:06 &ndash; Are Latinos Really Going Socialist? 00:20:22 &ndash; Adams to Trump to Mamdani in Four Years 00:23:24 &ndash; The Fix Nobody Wants to Hear: Leave Your Party 00:30:04 &ndash; The Voting-Rights Case Headed to Court 00:34:06 &ndash; Mike's Book, Substack, and Where to Follow

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 (1) Election reforms that increase real competition and voter choice, and
 (2) Policy issues that defy the black-and-white frameworks set by national party agendas.

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Tired of being told what to think by partisan gatekeepers? So are we. The Independent Voter Podcast brings you conversations that challenge the two-party echo chamber and reject the false binaries dominating today&rsquo;s political narratives. We focus on two things: &nbsp;(1)&nbsp;Election reforms that increase real competition and voter choice, and &nbsp;(2)&nbsp;Policy issues that defy the black-and-white frameworks set by national party agendas.
We&rsquo;ve been called everything: liberals, undercover Republicans, progressives, socialists, libertarians&mdash;even anarchists. And depending on the article, they&rsquo;re all true. We are open to any voice that follows our simple etiquette. If you believe political independence is a mindset, not a middle ground, you&rsquo;re in the right place. This the Independent Voter Podcast..

Independent Voter Podcast

Tired of being told what to think by partisan gatekeepers? So are we.
The Independent Voter Podcast brings you conversations that challenge the two-party echo chamber and reject the false binaries dominating today’s political narratives. We focus on two things:
 (1) Election reforms that increase real competition and voter choice, and
 (2) Policy issues that defy the black-and-white frameworks set by national party agendas.

We’ve been called everything: liberals, undercover Republicans, progressives, socialists, libertarians—even anarchists. And depending on the article, they’re all true.
We are open to any voice that follows our simple etiquette. If you believe political independence is a mindset, not a middle ground, you’re in the right place.
This the Independent Voter Podcast.

Tired of being told what to think by partisan gatekeepers? So are we. The Independent Voter Podcast brings you conversations that challenge the two-party echo chamber and reject the false binaries dominating today&rsquo;s political narratives. We focus on two things: &nbsp;(1)&nbsp;Election reforms that increase real competition and voter choice, and &nbsp;(2)&nbsp;Policy issues that defy the black-and-white frameworks set by national party agendas.
We&rsquo;ve been called everything: liberals, undercover Republicans, progressives, socialists, libertarians&mdash;even anarchists. And depending on the article, they&rsquo;re all true. We are open to any voice that follows our simple etiquette. If you believe political independence is a mindset, not a middle ground, you&rsquo;re in the right place. This the Independent Voter Podcast.