Biden won the Latino vote last year and the presidency by a wide margin. Republicans were able to make inroads with Latino voters throughout the country and on the ballot. The GOP now targets districts all across the country, including some that are dominated by Latinos, to further erode Latino support from Democrats.
Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Democratic candidate for governor, has revealed that he is not the best choice. Terry McAuliffe trails Biden's numbers among Hispanic voters in Virginia this year, where only 10 percent of the population are Latinos according to a Crooked Media-Change Research survey.
Fabian Nez, a former speaker in the California state assembly, stated that if [the GOPs 2020 inroads to Latinos in South Texas were] not a wakeup call for Democrats. It's one thing losing Florida; it's quite another to lose Latinos living in the Southwest. The lesson for the Democratic Party here is to make long-term investments.
Nuez, Nuez and other Latino leaders in California claim that Newsom has done a great job in delivering policy wins for Latinos. They are downplaying the polls. Many believe that the problem lies more with Newsom and Democrats as a whole, even if they are correct.
We hear nothing but the governor being a dictator, putting on mask mandates and other pandemic-era restrictions in the midst this recall election. Arana stated that the Newsom side is more powerful.
Arana said that there is no recognition of our problems. We don't feel like we are part of the solution.
Newsom's lack of understanding has sometimes made it seem like Newsom is out of touch for working-class Latinos in California. Newsom encouraged Californians to avoid holiday gatherings last year, but he was photographed at a dinner party hosted by a political advisor at The French Laundry. His $5.9 million Bay Area home was sold during the recall campaign. Gustavo Arellano, a Los Angeles Times columnist, wrote earlier this month that Newsom is not as beloved by many Latinos than a boring Mexican Coke.
French Laundry is very harmful to the Latino community, stated Amanda Renteria, national political director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, and who unsuccessfully ran for a congressional seat at Californias Central Valley.
Renteria stated that Newsom was ahead of the curve in disaster relief for undocumented immigrant affected by the coronavirus. He made sure that high-risk Latino communities in the state were prioritised for vaccines and he expanded health insurance coverage for undocumented immigrants aged 50 or older. Alex Padilla was also the first Latino U.S. Senator from California. He filled the vacancy left behind by Kamala Harris, who became vice president.
Renteria stated that if you're judging him, he has been implementing great programs. It doesn't feel like he is connecting.
Republicans are trying to recall Latinos, something that the GOP tried for years in California. With little to show for their efforts, Democrats have been depicted as out-of-touch with Latinos who were hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Carl DeMaios, a former San Diego City Councilman, has been running advertisements on Spanish-language TV in Los Angeles as well as San Diego for Reform California. Gloria Romero (Democrat), a former California lawmaker, who endorsed Larry Elder, Newsom's main Republican opponent has created an ad in Spanish for him.
DeMaio stated that Latinos make up the changing demographic of this country. It was white working class people in 2016. We saw a shift in the working class Latino population starting in 2020.
Newsom's campaign claimed that it does not see a deficiency in Latino motivations to vote for Newsom, but rather a lack information about the election itself, an off-year contest that was held in September during a pandemic.
The Newsom campaign started airing anti-recall ads across the state on Monday featuring Sen. Bernie Sanders. This is part of a large turnout operation that includes text, digital, and mail campaigns to raise awareness about recall elections in Latino households.
Recently, East Los Angeles volunteers telephone-banked in Spanish or Newsom. They were surrounded by campaign signs that read Defendiendo Mi California (defending my California). It wouldn't have been the first Latino senator to be elected in California history.
Your back is ours. Franky Carrillo, a Los Angeles County Commissioner, was at a table at a telephone table with his three children, telling Newsom that my children have your back and the community has our back.
It is possible that polling suggesting Newsom's problems with Latinos may be exaggerated. It is not easy to model turnout in any year, but it is even harder in an off-year recall election. Newsom's approval rating among Latinos was healthy at 55 percent in the CBS News-YouGov poll.
Mike Madrid, a Republican consultant, has been focusing on Latino politics in California. He said that none of the data makes me believe that Newsom has any serious problems with Latinos.
He said that most of the data I see shows traditional voting patterns. Only thing that is different is the fact that all of the pundits are hoaxed.
FiveThirtyEight polling average showed that Newsom beat recall by less than 4 percentage points. According to Political Data Inc., Democrats accounted for approximately 55 percent of early returns and more than 4,000,000 ballots have been returned.
However, Democrats still expect Republicans to be more prominently present closer to the election. Latinos are also lagging in early returns as is common in the state.
Michael Trujillo is a Democratic strategist from California. He said that the coronavirus's resurgence in California could hinder in-person turnout operations in California, particularly in Latino-rich neighborhoods.
He said that the thing I am more concerned about is how you persuade Latino voters. This means having a conversation on their porch. It's just a lot more difficult to do when our volunteers are Covid-sensitive and our voters are Covid-sensitive.
Even with Newsoms investment in turnout, Newsoms campaign is not reaching at least some Latino voters.
Danielle Cendejas is a Democratic strategist from the Los Angeles region. She said that five of my household members are Latino voters and they have not received any mail asking them to vote. It is not clear to me that Democrats are losing Latinos. I wonder if we are effectively reaching out and telling Latinos, Here's whats on the line.
