“This to me seems like a campaign who’s saying, ‘Holy shit, we’ve got to get out, and early, and we have to be in front of people,’” one Democratic operative said.
Joe Biden won 63 percent of Hispanic voters in 2020, and though there are few high-quality polls taken of Latino voters, some Democrats have warned that Hispanic voters are moving away from the party. | Cheney Orr/Getty ImagesJoe Biden has largely shied away from lengthy sit downs with national news outlets — but he made an exception for Univision last week.
Aides note that they launched their Hispanic outreach operation, Latinos Con Biden-Harris, much earlier than past Democratic presidential campaigns — including Biden’s 2020 run. But fellow Democrats also see the early spending and intensifying outreach as the reelection team getting serious about a potentially fatal political problem.
“The third party candidate factor plays a really important role here. It’s not just Biden v. Trump for Latino voters,” Praeli said. “And there’s also a very real appeal to Latino voters to stay home. There are very active interests at play in trying to demobilize this space.” But the Biden campaign’s efforts haven’t been without hiccups. After the launch of a voter outreach event in Coral Gables, longtime Miami Herald columnist— “Three gringos in Coral Gables launch Biden-Harris Latino campaign ” — criticizing the rollout. Santiago noted that all the major introductory speakers — Florida Democratic Party chair Nikki Fried, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava — were all white.
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