The Humanist Hour #208: Juhem Navarro-Rivera on Changing Demographics and Changing Politics
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There is a significant portion of the U.S. electorate this year who seem determined to “take back their country”. It’s rare, however, that these people are willing to explicitly state who they want to take the country back from. In reality their political fears reflect a voting population that is less white, less male, and less religious than it has ever been before.
Juhem Navarro-Rivera is a political scientist who studies the political behavior of many of the groups within this rising American electorate. He specializes in studying Latino voters and the religious Nones. This week, he joins Stephanie Zvan to talk about the concerns and behavior of these groups, as well as the concerns and behaviors of the largely white, male, and religious voters who are resisting their participation in the political process.
Juhem’s links:
- His blog, The LatiNone
- “Ideología: how the social and cultural aspects of immigration shape Latinos’ attitudes toward political parties“
- “Secularism and the Vanishing Latino Republicans“
- Juhem on Twitter