OUTAGES
OUTAGES RIGHT NOW THIS MORNING. >> IT'S BEEN A BIG OLD MESS.
WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
NINA, THANK YOU MUCH.
WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
ELECTION BECAUSE WE'RE MORE
THAN A WEEK PAST THE VOTE BUT
WE CAN GO BACK NOW AND TAKE A
DEEPER DOVE INTO THE DATA.
>> LATINO VOTERS TURNED OUT IN
REALLY HIGH NUMBERS AND THEIR
VOTES BENEFITED BOTH PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND PRESIDENT ELECT
BIDEN.
BIDEN.
BIDEN. BUT AS MORGAN ROMERO SHOWS US,
IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT WE CAN'T OVERSIMPLIFY THIS
DIVERSE VOTING BLOC.
THERE IS NEW GROWING MAJORITY
NONWHITE AMERICANS HEAVILY
INFLUENCED THE ELECTION
SPECIFICALLY LATINOS WHO
PROJECTIONS SHOW TURNED OUT IN
RECORD NUMBERS.
RECORD NUMBERS. BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY
GENERALIZATION WE CAN MAKE
ABOUT THE ROUGHLY 30 TWO
MILLION ELIGIBLE LATINO VOTERS
IN THE UNITED STATES CONTRARY
TO SOME BELIEFS.
>> THEY'RE NOT A SINGLE UNIFORM
VOTING BLOC.
VOTING BLOC. >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
CHALLENGE A LITTLE BIT THIS IS
WHAT I'M HEARING AS THESE
NATIONAL NARRATIVE WHILE EXIT
POLLS INDICATE ABOUT TWO THIRD
SUPPORTED BIDEN, TRUMP PICKED
UP MANY MORE LATINO VOTERS
COMPARED TO 2016.
ADVOCATES AND EXPERTS SAY
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS THE
QUOTE LATINO VOTE AND WE CAN
GENERALIZE THAT WE HAVE TO
REALLY TALK TO THEM AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY NEED
AND WHAT IS WHAT THEY'RE BEING
AFFECTED BY SUPPORT FOR EACH
CANDIDATE IS ABOUT AS DIVERSE
AS EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON.
>> LATINOS ARE A RACIALLY,
CULTURALLY SOCIOECONOMICALLY
CULTURALLY SOCIOECONOMICALLY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH
DIFFERENT INTERESTS AND
POLITICAL VIEWS RELIGION,
GENDER AND AGE MATTER.
SOME ARGUE DEMOCRATS AND
LIBERALS TOOK LATINO VOTERS FOR
GRANTED ASSUMING TRUMP'S
IMMIGRATION POLICIES WOULD
SWING THEM BLUE.
BUT IMMIGRATION ISN'T ALL THEY
CARE ABOUT.
CARE ABOUT. IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
REPUBLICANS ARE BETTER AT
SPEAKING TO LATINO VOTERS ON
ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THEIR
LIVES LIKE ENEMY JOBS AND
RELIGION.
RELIGION.
RELIGION. >> THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP RIGHT
?
?
? A
? A TRUST
? A TRUST BUILT OVER TIME AND
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE THAT
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. >>
WAY. >> TAKE FLORIDA FOR EXAMPLE,
WHERE TRUMP FARED WELL THIS
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. THE LARGE POPULATION OF CUBAN
AND VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANTS AND
LATINO EVANGELICALS TEND TO BE
CONSERVATIVE.
CONSERVATIVE. BUT LOOKING AT ARIZONA LATINOS
TURNED OUT AND VOTED FOR BIDEN
HELPING DEMS FLIP THE STATE
THERE YEARS OF GRASROOTS GET
OUT THE VOTE EFFORTS MOBILIZE
LATINOS IN OREGON TO
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CORN AND
KAUSAR WORKED HARD TO ENGAGE
AND EDUCATE LATINOS.
>> WE'RE CREATING THIS POWER,
YOU KNOW, BEING ENGAGED AND
REALLY LEARNING AND I'M LIKE
WHAT?
WHAT?
WHAT? WHAT IT MEANS TO BILL AS WELL
AS WHAT ISSUES ARE ON THE LINE.
>> MARION COUNTY THAT USED TO
BE AN READ MAJORITY FOR
PROVIDING CAO SAYS CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR'S PARENTS
RECENTLY BECAME CITIZENS AND
VOTED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. >> THEY WEREN'T REALLY INVOLVED
IN POLITICS OR ANYTHING.
>> THEY'RE MORE FOCUSED WORK
AND TAKEN CARE OF AS A FAMILY.
BUT NOW I KIND OF PUSHED THEM
TO KIND OF REALLY LEARN HOW
THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN OUR
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AS THE
LATINO POPULATION GROWS IN
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. >> THIS ELECTION SHOULD SERVE
AS A LESSON FOR BOTH PARTIES.
WE NEED TO NOT PUT THEM ALL IN
ONE BOX BUT REALLY FIGURE OUT
THE ISSUES THAT BEST RESONATE
WITH THEM.
WITH THEM. >> PHONE OFF AN ELECTION CYCLE
AND THEN THAT ENGAGEMENT NEEDS
TO BE THERE MORGAN.
CAN WE JUST CIRCLE BACK REAL
QUICK TO WHAT WE HEARD THE LSU
PROFESSOR MENTIONED?
PROFESSOR MENTIONED? HE SAID MARION COUNTY FLIPPED
BLUE AND WENT FOR BIDEN.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT. BIDEN WON BY ONE PERCENT.
THIS ELECTION YEAR IN 2060
TRUMP WON BY FOUR PERCENT AND
THERE WERE 30 THOUSAND MORE
REGISTERED VOTERS IN MARIN
COUNTY THIS YEAR COMPARED TO
2016 AND VOTER TURNOUT WAS
ABOUT TWO PERCENT HIGHER.
>> SO WHY DO EXPERTS THINK THAT
THERE WAS HIGHER TURNOUT THERE?
>> WELL, THERE'S A FEW
DIFFERENT FACTORS AT PLAY AND
THIS IS KIND OF THE NATIONAL
SCENE AS WELL RIGHT?
THERE'S A LOT MORE ENERGY
AROUND THIS RACE AND THEN IN
MARION COUNTY AND OTHER
COUNTIES IN OREGON, MORE PEOPLE
BECOMING U.S. CITIZENS AS WELL
AS THOSE GRASROOTS
ORGANIZATIONS I MENTIONED LIKE
SCHOON AND KAUSAR WHO YEAR
AFTER YEAR ARE WORKING ON
BIPARTISAN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
AMONG THE LATINO COMMUNITY IN
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. >> OBVIOUSLY IT PAID OFF.
YOU KNOW, THEY EDUCATE LATINOS
ON ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THEIR
LIVES.
LIVES.
LIVES. THEY ENCOURAGE THEM TO REGISTER
TO VOTE AND REALLY JUST