How Spanish-Language Misinformation Will Play A Role In The 2022 Midterms

Texas kicks off the 2022 midterm elections March 1. But Democrats and political strategists have been raising the alarm about a problem months before ballots were ready to be cast: Spanish-language misinformation.Latinos were the second-largest voting bloc in the 2020 presidential election for the first time. And nearly 70 percent of those voters get political information from social media platforms, including Facebook and YouTube, according to the research group Equis Labs.So how does Spanish-language misinformation fit into that voting pattern? And how will it affect the midterms?Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.

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