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Hi Quick to Listen listeners. We recorded this episode in 2018 but given the headlines from this week's election, we thought you mind find it constructive and helpful so we decided to drop it in our feed again. As always, send us your thoughts and questions at podcasts@christianitytoday.com or on Twitter at @CTPodcasts. \nElections often call attention to white evangelicals whose votes and voices play a significant role in national elections. But their attitudes and values don\u2019t necessarily represent those of evangelicals from different racial and ethnic backgrounds.\nCase in point: Latino evangelicals.\xa0According to data\xa0from the Billy Graham Center Institute at Wheaton College and LifeWay Research, 41 percent of Hispanics with evangelical beliefs voted for Trump in 2016. What were the issues that most influenced their vote?According to the same survey, 19 percent said improving the economy, 14 percent said helping those in need, and 14 percent said a candidate\u2019s position on immigration.\u201c\nMost Latinos will tend to be socially conservative on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage but will tend to be social liberals on issues like education and immigration, so we\u2019ve tended to be divided on how we spread the vote,\u201d said Juan Mart\xednez, who currently serves as professor of Hispanic studies and pastoral leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary. \u201cThis isn\u2019t new; it just stands out more because we\u2019re a larger percentage of the voting block. Those of us who have voted have struggled with this for years because the Democrat/Republican way that this is broken out doesn\u2019t fit us well.\u201d\nMart\xednez joined associate digital media producer Morgan Lee and editor in chief Mark Galli to discuss the history of Latino evangelicals and what unifies and divides the community.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices