Blacks and Latinos make up about 10 percent of the population in the first-in-the-nation 2020 voting state. That could be the winning difference
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has worked to build connections in the Latino community by tapping the state director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, as one of his campaign's co-chairs and hiring bilingual organizers, in addition to prioritizing Muslim outreach.
Booker has recently brought his girlfriend, actress Rosario Dawson, on the trail with him — where she often speaks Spanish with supporters. "We have different things to focus on culturally and that creates a gap as it relates to political involvement sometimes," Bohanna said."But, you know, the learning curve is turning, and we're all becoming more active because we have to be. We can't afford not to be."
Ford pointed to a list of diverse elected officials around the state:"The mayor from Waterloo? Black. The past mayor from Des Moines? Black. The mayor in Clinton? Black. The school board members; we could go on and on about elected officials." Urban Dreams, an organization that works with the"underserved and underrepresented populations" in Iowa, has been doing just that. A number of candidates have participated in the block party-style events hosted by the group in North Des Moines in an effort to connect with the local black community directly in their neighborhoods.
"They've been sold this dream that their vote doesn't count, that their vote doesn't matter — because at one point it didn't," DeJear said of minority voters."And that is something that has historically lived long within our community. So you just have to continuously give them touches."
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