Why Blacks and Hispanics are turning to Trump | Patrick Ruffini | The Reason Interview
Did you know that a mere 44,000 votes spread across Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin kept Joe Biden and Donald Trump from an Electoral College tie in 2020? That was even tighter than in 2016, when 80,000 votes in three states gave Trump a decisive Electoral College win. Patrick Ruffini is a Republican pollster at Echelon Insights and author of Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP. Reason's Nick Gillespie talked with Ruffini about why the major parties continue to leak market share, why 2024 is going to be another super-close presidential race, and whether small-l libertarian voters will make the difference in November. 0:00- The remaking of the GOP 6:11- What pollsters did wrong in 2016 13:50- Does your income level indicate who you vote for? 16:00- Education is the best indicator of your political beliefs 21:05- What will happen to the GOP after Trump? 29:40- How did Trump gain black votes? 34:30- How the Hispanic vote has changed 42:00- The Asian American voting bloc 47:50- How close was the 2020 election? 54:00- Who is better on the economy, Trump or Biden? 1:05:00- Will Trumpism survive past Trump? 1:11:00- The future of social security https://reason.com/podcast/2024/03/13/patrick-ruffini-why-blacks-and-hispanics-are-turning-to-trump/
Did you know that a mere 44,000 votes spread across Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin kept Joe Biden and Donald Trump from an Electoral College tie in 2020? That was even tighter than in 2016, when 80,000 votes in three states gave Trump a decisive Electoral College win. Patrick Ruffini is a Republican pollster at Echelon Insights and author of Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP. Reason's Nick Gillespie talked with Ruffini about why the major parties continue to leak market share, why 2024 is going to be another super-close presidential race, and whether small-l libertarian voters will make the difference in November. 0:00- The remaking of the GOP 6:11- What pollsters did wrong in 2016 13:50- Does your income level indicate who you vote for? 16:00- Education is the best indicator of your political beliefs 21:05- What will happen to the GOP after Trump? 29:40- How did Trump gain black votes? 34:30- How the Hispanic vote has changed 42:00- The Asian American voting bloc 47:50- How close was the 2020 election? 54:00- Who is better on the economy, Trump or Biden? 1:05:00- Will Trumpism survive past Trump? 1:11:00- The future of social security https://reason.com/podcast/2024/03/13/patrick-ruffini-why-blacks-and-hispanics-are-turning-to-trump/