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Latinos Are Excited About Harris

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August 22, 2024
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Latino voters and leaders say they are enthusiastic about Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, but for her to win their crucial support, they want to know where she stands on issues like the economy, immigration and education.

Vanessa Cruz Nichols, an assistant professor of political science at Indiana University, said Harris has considerable potential to appeal to Latino voters but is going to have to win over independents and those planning not to vote in the November election.

“She’s got some work to do, reintroduce herself, let people know where she stands on a variety of issues,” Cruz said. “She will have to work aggressively to appeal to voters, especially young Latino voters who are even more nonpartisan, more willing to either sit out an election or vote for a third-party candidate.”

As the nation’s largest minority group — 19.5% of the total population, according to the 2020 census — Latinos form a key voting bloc in what’s shaping up to be a tight presidential election. Harris, the daughter of immigrants, has won the backing of influential Latino groups, and some feel her success hinges on energizing young Latino voters.

Maria Teresa, president of Voto Latino, said Harris’ jumping into the race has sparked a “coalescing of the community.” In focus groups that the organization started after President Joe Biden announced he would drop out of the race, more than half of young Latinos who initially said they were voting for a third party said they were shifting to vote for the Democratic Party, Teresa said.

“There is no path to the White House without specifically the young Latino vote,” she said. “Our path to a different direction of the country is through young people.”

More than 6 in 10 Latinos voters supported Biden in 2020, according to AP VoteCast, and 35% supported former President Donald Trump. However, a July poll from Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that only about 4 in 10 Latinos said they were somewhat or very optimistic about the future of the Democratic Party, and about one-quarter said the same about the Republican Party.

According to the same survey, Hispanic adults are divided in their opinions on Harris, with 44% holding a favorable view and 43% holding an unfavorable view. But about half of Hispanic adults said they would be satisfied with Harris as the Democratic nominee, up from 15% earlier in July.

After watching the presidential debate between Trump and Biden, Peruvian Mexican small-business owner Guillermo Francisco Cornejo, 35, said he was not going to vote in the presidential election. That changed when Biden stepped down and endorsed Harris. But Cornejo’s decision is mostly guided by fear of what Trump will do if he wins, he said.

“Now it’s like, yeah, for sure I will vote Democrat,” said Cornejo, adding that he sees Harris as “very well-qualified” to be commander in chief. “If Trump gets elected, he’s turning this country into Latin America in the way he does politics and everything.”

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Attendees at the first meeting of Latinos Con Harris in Detroit learned about the Harris-Walz campaign’s activities aimed at winning Michigan

On Friday, the League of United Latin American Citizens endorsed Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, through its political arm, the LULAC Adelante PAC, the first time the country’s oldest Latino civil rights group has endorsed a presidential candidate since its founding in 1929.

“We can trust them to do what is right for our community and the country,” Domingo Garcia, chairman of LULAC Adelante PAC and LULAC’s immediate past president, said in a statement. “The politics of hate mongering and scapegoating Latinos and immigrants must be stopped!”

Harris was criticized for comments she made in 2021 telling migrants not to come to the U.S, when she was tasked with overseeing diplomatic efforts to deal with issues spurring migration in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras as well as pressing them to strengthen enforcement on their own borders.

But Harris’ being a daughter of immigrants provides a sense of representation to many Latino families, which could help her get their vote, civic engagement advocates say.

Pascale Small, 35, a Costa Rican American who is a daughter of immigrants and a single mother of three Afro-Latina girls, said Harris appeals to her because of her family’s background and her “commitment to ensuring that we are healing and growing as a country.”

“She has a spirit of service, which I really admire and really appreciate. She has an amazing pursuit of equity and that is really important to me as I am raising my children,” said Small, who wants to see the vice president address issues such as climate change, education, the economy and immigration reform.

Maca Casado, the Hispanic media director with the Harris campaign, said Harris has a record of supporting Latinos and the issues they care about, like health care and gun violence.

“Vice President Harris’ campaign knows Latinos’ political power and is the only campaign working aggressively to make the case because we won’t take their votes for granted,” Casado said.

But Bob Unanue, the Hispanic Leadership Coalition chairman for the America First Policy Institute said Trump — not Harris — continues to show commitment to issues that resonate with the Hispanic community such as job growth, education freedom, parental rights and securing the border.

“Unlike Kamala Harris, who has failed to address the crisis at our southern border … and continues promoting failed economic policies, Trump offers a vision of prosperity and safety that many Hispanic voters are rallying behind,” Unanue said.

Experts have said Harris’ pick of Walz will help the campaign appeal to voters in the important battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Teresa, the Voto Latino president, said in a statement that Walz has a strong record of defending democracy, voting rights and standing up for working families in Minnesota — values that align with those of the Latino community. Harris also has an opportunity to make her case in states like Pennsylvania with a large Puerto Rican population, which as U.S. citizens can vote once they move to a state, Teresa said.

Charlotte Castillo, managing director of Poderistas, a nonprofit organization focused on increasing civic participation by Latinas, said the announcement that Harris would be the Democratic nominee energized so many in the Latino community, which will be critical as in previous elections.

“I think in particular Latinas, typically we like to say, are the CEOs of their families. They are really driving the decisions for their families and have a huge influence on that,” Castillo said. “So, I certainly think that Latinas have the potential to make a real outsized impact.”

Castillo said whichever party is consistent in their outreach to Latino voters will get their vote.

“Once the community is engaged, they remain engaged,” Castillo said. “Both parties need to start knocking on doors and doing it more consistently.”

AP polling editor Amelia Thomson DeVeaux in Washington, D.C., contributed.

Fernanda Figueroa reports on Latino/Hispanic affairs as a member of the AP’s Race & Ethnicity team.

A los latinos les entusiasma Kamala Harris, pero tiene que trabajar para ganárselos, comentan los expertos.

Electores y líderes latinos en Estados Unidos dicen sentirse entusiasmados de que Kamala Harris sea la nominada presidencial demócrata, pero para que ella obtenga su crucial respaldo, quieren saber cuál es su posición con respecto a temas como la economía, la inmigración y la educación.

Vanessa Cruz Nichols, profesora adjunta de ciencias políticas en la Universidad de Indiana, dijo que Harris tiene un potencial considerable para atraer a los votantes latinos, pero tendrá que ganarse a los independientes y a aquellos que planean no votar en los comicios de noviembre, comentó:

“Ella tiene trabajo que hacer, volverse a presentar y hacerle saber a la gente cuál es su postura con respecto a diversos temas” y añadió: “Tendrá que trabajar enérgicamente para atraer a los votantes, especialmente a los latinos jóvenes que son más apartidistas, dispuestos a no participar en las elecciones o a votar por un candidato de un tercer partido”.

Al ser la minoría más grande del país -el 19,5% de la población total, según el censo de 2020-, los latinos forman un bloque electoral crucial en unas elecciones que según parece serán muy reñidas. Harris, hija de inmigrantes, se ha ganado el respaldo de influyentes grupos latinos, y algunos sienten que su éxito depende de que motive a los jóvenes latinos.

María Teresa, presidenta de Voto Latino, dijo que el hecho de que Harris haya ingresado a la contienda ha suscitado una “coalescencia de la comunidad”. En grupos de reflexión que la organización inició después de que el presidente Joe Biden anunció que abandonaría la contienda, más de la mitad de los latinos jóvenes que en un principio dijeron que votarían por un tercer partido indicaron que cambiarían su voto para que fuese en favor del Partido Demócrata:

“No hay camino a la Casa Blanca si no se cuenta con el voto de los latinos jóvenes” y agregó, “Nuestro camino para que el país tome un rumbo distinto es a través de los jóvenes”.

Más de 6 de cada 10 votantes latinos apoyaron a Biden en 2020, según el sondeo AP VoteCast, y el 35% apoyó al expresidente Donald Trump. Sin embargo, una encuesta de julio de Associated Press-NORC Center para la Investigación de Asuntos Públicos encontró que solo unos 4 de cada 10 latinos estaban algo o muy optimistas en torno al futuro del Partido Demócrata, y más o menos una cuarta parte dijo lo mismo sobre el Partido Republicano.

Según la misma encuesta, los adultos hispanos están divididos en sus opiniones con respecto a Harris: el 44% que tiene una opinión favorable y un 43% desfavorable. Pero aproximadamente la mitad de los adultos latinos dijeron que estarían satisfechos si Harris fuera la nominada demócrata, frente al 15% a principios de julio.

Tras ver el debate presidencial entre Trump y Biden, Guillermo Francisco Cornejo, un peruano-mexicano de 35 años propietario de un pequeño negocio, dijo que no iba a votar en los comicios presidenciales. Eso cambió cuando Biden dio un paso al costado y respaldó a Harris. Tomando su decisión con base principalmente en el miedo a lo que Trump hará si gana, señaló.

“Ahora es como que, sí, seguro votaré por los demócratas”, dijo Cornejo, añadiendo que ve a Harris como “muy bien capacitada” para ser comandante en jefe. “Si Trump es elegido, él va a convertir este país en Latinoamérica por la forma en que lleva a cabo la política y todo”.

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El viernes, la Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos (LULAC, por sus siglas en inglés) respaldó a Harris y a su compañero de fórmula, el gobernador de Minnesota Tim Walz, a través del comité de acción política LULAC Adelante, siendo la primera vez que el grupo latino de derechos humanos más antiguo del país, ha respaldado a un candidato presidencial desde su fundación en 1929.

“Podemos confiar en que harán lo correcto para nuestra comunidad y el país”, dijo en un comunicado Domingo García, presidente del comité LULAC Adelante y expresidente inmediato de LULAC. “¡Las políticas de odio hacia los latinos y los inmigrantes y de hacerlos chivos expiatorios deben acabar!”

Harris fue criticada por los comentarios que hizo en 2021, en los que les decía a los migrantes que no vinieran a Estados Unidos, cuando se le asignó la tarea de supervisar las iniciativas diplomáticas para abordar los problemas que impulsan la migración en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras, así como presionarlos para que reforzaran la aplicación de la ley en sus propias fronteras.

Pero el hecho de que Harris sea hija de inmigrantes les da a muchas familias latinas un sentido de representación, lo que podría ayudarla a obtener su voto, dicen activistas de participación ciudadana.

Pascale Small, una estadounidense de ascendencia costarricense de 35 años, madre soltera de tres niñas afrolatinas, dijo que Harris le parece una opción, por los antecedentes de su familia y su “compromiso de garantizar que estemos sanando y creciendo como país”.

“Tiene espíritu de servicio, algo que yo admiro y aprecio. Busca sorprendentemente la equidad y eso es realmente importante para mí, ya que estoy criando a mis hijas”, dijo Small, que quiere que la vicepresidenta aborde temas como el cambio climático, la educación, la economía y la reforma migratoria.

Maca Casado, directora de medios hispanos de la campaña de Harris, dijo que la vicepresidenta tiene antecedentes de respaldar a los latinos y los temas que les preocupan, como la atención médica y la violencia con armas de fuego y señaló:

“La campaña de la vicepresidenta Harris conoce el poder político de los latinos, y es la única campaña que trabaja enérgicamente para exponer sus puntos de vista porque no vamos a dar sus votos por sentado”

Pero Bob Unanue, presidente de la Coalición de Liderazgo Hispano para el America First Policy Institute, dijo que Trump, no Harris, sigue mostrando compromiso con temas que resuenan en la comunidad hispana, como el crecimiento laboral, la libertad educativa, los derechos de los padres y la seguridad de la frontera, declarando:

“A diferencia de Kamala Harris, que no ha abordado la crisis en nuestra frontera sur… y sigue promoviendo políticas económicas fallidas, Trump ofrece una visión de prosperidad y seguridad que muchos votantes hispanos respaldan”.

Los expertos han dicho que la elección de Walz por parte de Harris ayudará a la campaña a atraer a los votantes en los importantes estados en disputa de Wisconsin, Michigan y Pensilvania.

Teresa, la presidenta de Voto Latino, dijo en una declaración que Walz tiene un sólido historial de defensa de la democracia, el derecho al voto y la defensa de la familia trabajadora en Minnesota, valores que se alinean con los de la comunidad latina. Harris también tiene la oportunidad de hacer valer su posición en estados como Pensilvania, con una gran población puertorriqueña, que como ciudadanos estadounidenses pueden votar una vez que se mudan a un estado, agregó Teresa.

Charlotte Castillo, directora general de Poderistas, una ONG enfocada en aumentar la participación cívica de las latinas, dijo que el anuncio de que Harris sería la candidata demócrata llenó de alegría a muchos miembros de la comunidad latina, cuyos votos serán cruciales, como en elecciones anteriores:

“Creo que, en particular, las latinas, como nos gusta decir, son las directoras generales de su familia. Realmente toman las decisiones para su familia y tienen una enorme influencia “, y añadió “Por lo tanto, ciertamente creo que las latinas tienen el potencial de tener un impacto realmente descomunal”.

Castillo dijo que cualquier partido que sea constante en su acercamiento a los votantes latinos obtendrá su voto.

“Una vez que la comunidad esté involucrada, sigue comprometida”, agregó  “Ambos partidos deben comenzar a tocar puertas y hacerlo sistemáticamente”.

La editora de encuestas Amelia Thomson DeVeaux de la AP en Washington, D.C., contribuyó a este despacho.

Fernanda Figueroa informa sobre asuntos latinos/hispanos como miembro del equipo de Raza y Etnicidad de AP.

Traducción por Carmen Elena Luna.

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