There is no Spanish word for “swing state.” But there are many Latinos living and voting in the seven battlegrounds that will determine the outcome of race for the White House between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump. So Spanish-language network Telemundo came up with a term: “El Péndulo.
” “El Péndulo,” or the pendulum, became the name of Telemundo’s podcast examining the voting bloc and will be used frequently Tuesday when Noticias Telemundo anchor Julio Vaqueiro leads the network’s “Decisión 2024” coverage alongside Arantxa Loizaga. (The broadcast will also be streamed on the network’s free streaming channel, Noticias Telemundo Ahora.) Vaqueiro has led the NBCUniversal-owned network’s nightly newscast since 2021.
A native of San Juan del Rio, Querétaro, Mexico, he has been with the network since 2011 and was a favorite of Los Angeles viewers when he anchored local morning and evening news programs on Telemundo 52. Vaqueiro, 37, shared his insights on covering the Latino vote in a phone conversation from the network’s Miami studio. What are we learning about Latino voters in this presidential cycle that the English-speaking media had been missing? People are beginning to understand how important they are in terms of numbers.
More than 36 million Latinos are eligible to vote this election cycle. Both campaigns know about their importance. But there’s still a lot to really know about Latino voters — how complex they .
