How Trump Won the Latino Vote: A Deep Dive with CJR Contributor Jack Herrera

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. 

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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