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โFirst and foremost, people should know that in every corner in America there are hundreds ofย thousands of people 110% committed to American democracy, who, in many cases, haveย devoted their careers to one thing: ensuring accurate election counts. Our country is blessed byย these committed Americans, and I have no doubt whatsoever that they…
Read More | November 13, 2020
โFlorida has always been tough. Itโs a tough contest. Itโs essential to any sort of Trump victoryย tonight. What we know is that the Trump campaign has extended a lot of resources. Theyโveย had targeted messaging to really pinpoint the different diversity among Floridaโs Latinoย community,โ said Sonja Diaz.ย
โOur polling found that it was going to be tight in these places, and that the Latino vote wasย going to be decisive. If you look at places like Florida, letโs start there, letโs not generalize forย Miami-Dade County. Itโs only one county out of 3,000 counties across America. And the Latinoย vote overall was…
โI do think there’s been a shift and the question is, why?โ said Gary Segura, senior partner withย Latino Decisions and dean of UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. โOne reason for the shiftย was that Joe Biden was not as well known among Latino households as the Clinton family was.ย But more importantly, Democrats…
“For the first time in 24 years, since 1996 when Clinton (Democrat Bill) won, a Democraticย president wins again in Arizona … this was entirely the work of Latino community organizations,ย and they began to see results in 2018”, when Democratic senator Kyrsten Sinema won,ย explained Rodrigo Domรญnguez Villegas, research director of Latino policy initiatives…
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