The story of the Latino vote may turn out to be the story of campaign 2016. Adrian Carrasquillo and other BuzzFeed News reporters have been there all along, and here is the story of the campaign through that lens.
The Clinton Campaign Will Try To Turn Donald Trump Into Latino Votes September, 2015
Many still doubt that Trump would be the nominee — but Hillary Clinton is already taking advantage of his deep, deep unpopularity with the Latino voters many view as critical voters in 2016. The campaign will soon launch an initiative called “Latinos con Hillary” during the first week of October (timed to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month), according to sources familiar with the plans. Campaign officials tasked with Latino media and outreach have already increased their work, taking on new meetings, and mapping out the regional media strategy.
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The Clinton Campaign Wants To Win The Latino Vote One Text At A Time November, 2015
The Clinton campaign went with an aggressive attack, comparing Bush to Donald Trump, saying this is how he speaks about Latinos “when he thinks no one is listening” and if recipients replied with “HEAR” they received an automated call with audio of Bush’s remarks in English and Spanish. The campaign says the response was incredible. The Latino list saw a spike in growth, with people getting their friends to text in, as well as high numbers of people actually listening to the phone call. The SMS texting program allowed the campaign to reach hundreds of thousands of Latino voters across the country and in key states, a boon among the increasingly younger bloc of voters.
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The Anti-Immigration Activist Who Set The Stage For Donald Trump November, 2015
Nativist sentiments have long existed on both the right and the left, based on the perception that undocumented immigrants harm American workers. But the rise of Donald Trump turned a spotlight on ideas that were once confined to the hardline fringe, particularly the conviction that immigrants are violent criminals.
And Espinoza, whose group has worked directly with the Trump campaign, is a pioneer in a particularly effective form of advocacy based on that very premise: using the gut-wrenching stories of those whose family members have been killed by undocumented immigrants to push for more restrictions on immigration. Although there is no conclusive data on the number of crimes committed by immigrants in the U.S., decades of research in various fields have consistently found that immigrants are less prone to crime than the native-born. But data is often less compelling than the harrowing personal stories Espinoza brings to bear.
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Trump’s Effect On The Latino Vote Has Begun: More Hispanic U.S. Citizens Are Coming January, 2016
If Trump has tapped into disaffected voters this year with his immigration rhetoric, there is also an unintended consequence — a mix of naturalization efforts, voter registration efforts, and ultimately efforts to mobilize voters off Trump’s rhetoric....
“We’ve seen more people this year that want to become citizens and specifically because they want to vote against Trump,” said Mi Familia Vota executive director Ben Monterroso....
How high the ultimate number of newly naturalized citizens will go is unclear, but there is a precedent for immigration rhetoric driving large numbers of people to naturalize — and likely affecting decisions at the ballot box in a presidential year.
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