How could it be that the Democratic Party is losing Latino voters to the Trumpist Republican Party? How could it be that Democrats are losing support from blue collar workers? Both things are happening — and they’re related, according to voting expert, Lincoln Project co-founder, and my friend Mike Madrid.
Mike says the problem is that Democrats have increasingly become the party of a well-educated, well-intentioned but disconnected elite. He recently wrote an op-ed for the New York Times called “While Democrats Debate ‘Latinx,’ Latinos Head to the G.O.P.”
I spoke with him for the March 28, 2022 episode of the Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good podcast. You can listen to it on any podcast app, or at dastardlycleverness.com.