Juan González: Mainstream Media Has Missed the Real Story About Latinx Voter Turnout

About 160 million voters cast ballots in this election, setting a new record, and President-elect Joe Biden's lead in the popular vote has jumped to over 5 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. The main story is that in an election which saw historic turnout, people of color - and especially Latinos - had an unprecedented increase in voting," says Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez. After decades of political experts talking about the growing Latino vote, this year it actually happened."