The political media continues to talk about Joe Biden’s lead supported by Black voters..
The news the media tends to talk about Latino’s/Hispanics and immigration only…
Most Latino’s do vote Democratic….
Most are seen to vote for Biden like Blacks….
But Bernie Sanders is right behind Biden with their support…
Regardless?
Leaders with the groups are looking for more attention from the Democratic candidates…The currently feel they being taken for granted….
Democrats also need as many votes as they can get in the coming November general elections ….
Hispanics are increasingly influential in the Democratic Party and in general election contests, but leaders and activists say they feel ignored and misunderstood by candidates who have spent much of their time focusing on Iowa and New Hampshire, predominantly white states at the top of the nominating calendar. They are bluntly calling on party leaders to reconsider the voting order of the states in four years.
Last week’s Democratic presidential debate in California, an important primary state where the population is nearly 40 percent Latino, put an exclamation point on their outrage. Many had hoped it would showcase the rising influence of Hispanics. Instead, the only Hispanic in the race, former housing and urban development secretary Julián Castro, failed to qualify to be on the debate stage, and the participating candidates devoted little time to highlighting how their ideas would affect Latino communities.
Many fear that Democrats are also squandering a unique opportunity to boost Hispanic voter turnout in the general election. Shifting demographics and a backlash against President Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies have given Democrats an opening in diversifying battleground states from Arizona to Pennsylvania. But Latino officials fear that a primary contest that often feels far removed from Hispanic communities could blunt excitement for the November election.
“At this stage in the game, we are well beyond talking about missed opportunities,” said Clarissa Martínez de Castro, the deputy vice president for policy and advocacy at UnidosUS, the country’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy group. “This is seriously in the territory of political malpractice.”
Some Latino leaders and voters are more confident that anger with Trump will drive turnout in November far more than the course of the Democratic primaries will. Still, even they want to see their party’s candidates do more to connect with Hispanic communities….
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