Episode Details

In the aftermath of the midterm elections, political experts and the media are once again trying to make sense of the choices that Latino voters made at the ballot box. 

On this episode, editor Dominic Preziosi is joined by Eli Valentin, a contributing columnist at Gotham Gazette and frequent political analyst for Univision New York, who says that much of that analysis misses the mark.  

Valentin doesn’t just highlight the myths about Latino voters that need debunking. As a former pastor attuned to how beliefs shape elections, he suggests that a new “political pastoral theological agenda” could help many more voters, not just Latinos, think differently about their decisions at the polls.  

For further reading: 

• “Sweet Home Hialeah,” César J. Baldelomar 
• “The Complicated Case of Hispanic Voters,” Brandon Sanchez
• “Who Will Save the Bronx,” Eileen Markey