{"id":1164,"date":"2020-12-06T00:57:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T00:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2020\/12\/06\/juan-gonzalez-mainstream-media-has-missed-the-real-story-about-latinx-voter-turnout-3\/"},"modified":"2020-12-06T00:57:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T00:57:57","slug":"juan-gonzalez-mainstream-media-has-missed-the-real-story-about-latinx-voter-turnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/06\/juan-gonzalez-mainstream-media-has-missed-the-real-story-about-latinx-voter-turnout\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Gonz\u00e1lez: Mainstream Media Has Missed the Real Story About Latinx Voter Turnout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ccb_single_video_player \" data-controls=\"1\" data-autohide=\"1\" data-fs=\"1\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-color=\"red\" data-iv_load_policy=\"3\" data-modestbranding=\"1\" data-rel=\"0\" data-showinfo=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-disablekb=\"0\" data-nocookie=\"1\" data-aspect_ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"640\" data-video_position=\"above-content\" data-volume=\"100\" data-video_id=\"oULJiDdLh6w\" style=\"width:640px; height:360px; max-width:100%;\"><!-- player container --><\/div>\n<p>About 160 million voters cast ballots in this election, setting a new record, and President-elect Joe Biden&#8217;s lead in the popular vote has jumped to over 6 million. Much of the increased turnout was powered by people of color, while the total number of votes cast by white Americans barely increased from the last presidential election. &#8220;The main story is that in an election which saw historic turnout, people of color \u2014 and especially Latinos \u2014 had an unprecedented increase in voting,&#8221; says Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonz\u00e1lez. &#8220;After decades of political experts talking about the growing Latino vote, this year it actually happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>#DemocracyNow<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. 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