Latino leaders are sounding alarms over the lack of attention being paid to Latinos in swing states where they could decide the outcome of both the Democratic primary and the general election
Most Democratic organizers agree on two things: Candidates need a robust immigration plan that counters Trump’s hard-line policies and nationalist rhetoric. And Democratic hopefuls, they say, need to aggressively communicate how their policies on issues such as education and health care tangibly help the Latino community. Relatedly, the operatives say candidates have to demonstrate an understanding of the different groups of Latinos, including those of African descent.
Latinos are set to make up around 28 percent of the voting electorate in Nevada and were pivotal in delivering the state for Democrats in 2016 and 2018. But when Nevada’s governor signed a bill establishing an office for new Americans, a big win for immigration activists, none of the White House hopefuls highlighted the move. Locals took notice.
Fewer than half of the Democratic hopefuls have met with Astrid Silva, a political mainstay in Nevada who co-founded the organization Dream Big Nevada, which sets up meetings between candidates and undocumented communities.Sign Up Harris, whose campaign declined to say how many people she has in Nevada, has prioritized hiring Spanish-speaking organizing staff in the state and rolled out a paid fellowship program. She caught the attention of activists for providing headphones with real-time Spanish translation available at an early Nevada town hall. Pete Buttigieg has no staffers on the ground, but his constituency director is Latino, and the campaign plans to hire a person dedicated to Latino outreach.
Isabel Aldunate, a Biden campaign spokeswoman, said: “Vice President Biden committed from day one that Latinos will have a voice at the highest level of this campaign.” But the lack of an immigration plan from all but three Democrats — Castro, O’Rourke and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee — is a troubling indicator, the Latino operatives said. Trump has made clear he intends to run on an anti-immigration platform again, and Democrats have yet to show they'll have an effective response.
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