On this edition of Your Call, we’re getting an update on what the Biden campaign is doing to secure the Latino vote. This year, 32 million Latinos are eligible to vote, which will make up the largest non-white voting bloc in US history.
Both campaigns are spending millions on TV, social media and radio ads to reach Spanish-speaking voters in key battleground states. So far, Biden has spent more. How are Latino communities responding?
Guests:
Chuck Rocha, senior adviser to the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign, founder of Nuestro PAC and author of Tío Bernie: The Inside Story of How Bernie Sanders Brought Latinos Into The Political Revolution
Eduardo Sainz, Arizona state director of Mi Familia Vota
Web Resources:
The Los Angeles Times, Melissa Gomez, Vanessa Martínez and Rahul Mukherjee: Biden and Trump offer Latino voters different visions of America — and of each other
Mother Jones, Fernanda Echavarri: Latinx Activists Are Closer Than Ever to Flipping Arizona—If Democrats Don’t Take Them for Granted
The New Yorker: Biden’s Case to Latino Voters Comes Late. Will They Listen?
NBC News: Inside the battle to win the Latino vote in Nevada