with me is andrés quintero, professor of political science over at the san josé evergreen community college district, welcome to the show again. happy new year. andrés quintero: happy new year. thank you very much for having me. damian: thank you for being here. well, here we are. you know, before you know, we're going to hit over the--we're going to get hit over the head with elections. and they're only just a couple of months away. talk about how fast they're approaching. andrés: well, you know, it's early primary. california wanted to be significant, wanted to have the respect of all the candidates to have them show up and be here and be present. and so rather than the june primary that we regularly have had for, you know, many years, we have moved it up to march. and so it's important that voters be aware of that, be ready, be educated to make informed decisions earlier than normal. damian: yeah, and important decisions is correct, andrés. and one thing that i've been embarrassed to report here on "comunidad del valle" over the last couple of elections is the latino voter turnout. and i've seen