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Voters Decide: The Hispanic Vote 2024
March 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
A panel of experts across the political spectrum will discuss the importance of the 2024 Hispanic vote in Florida and nationwide at a public forum on Thursday March 14 at Florida International University.
Voters Decide: The Hispanic Vote 2024 begins at 8 p.m. at FIU’s Modesto Maidique campus.
Hispanics are sure to be pivotal in the 2024 election. They have grown at the second-fastest rate of any major racial and ethnic group in the U.S. electorate since the last presidential election in 2020, according to the Pew Research Center. This year, about 36.2 million Hispanics will be eligible to vote, up from 32.3 million in 2020.
The town hall-style event, organized by the Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald, CBS News Miami, Univision Miami and South Florida public radio station WLRN, hosted by Florida International Univeristy, will be open to the public.
CBS News Miami anchor Elliott Rodriguez will moderate the discussion with a panel of five political experts:
- Eduardo Gamarra, a professor of political science in the department of politics and international relations at Florida International University. He’s done extensive polling of Hispanic voters in the U.S.
- Fernand Amandi, managing partner of Bendixen & Amandi, a MIami-based national multilingual and multiethnic public opinion research and strategic communications consulting firm.
- Ninoska Pérez Castellón, a longtime voice of Cuban exiles in Miami. She’s the radio show host of Ninoska en La Poderosa on 670 AM.
- Jose Parra, a partner with global strategic communications advisory firm FGS Global. He’s the former CEO at Prospero Latino and former senior advisor to former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
- Irina Vilariño, a former U.S. congressional candidate who was an early and staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump. She built a successful career working to expand her family’s restaurant business, Las Vegas, which includes 15 locations in South Florida and more than 400 employees.
The hour-long panel discussion will be broadcast on CBS-4’s sister station WFBS TV 33 and simulcast online at WLRN.org and miamiherald.com, and on CBS News Miami on Pluto TV, and the CBS News App, and will be extended online via streaming for an additional 30 minutes.