According to a statement from Politico, the state’s Latino political and business leaders in Pennsylvania have privately warned Kamala Harris ‘ strategy that it is failing to engage Latino voters and elected officials in the state, which could undermine her ability to defeat Donald Trump.
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Multiple Latino leaders reportedly approached Harris staffers and battle allies personally to give versions of that proclamation at a subsequent reception in Philadelphia, according to two people who attended the event who were given anonymity to define private conversations, according to the outlet. Additionally, interviews with a dozen Latino Democratic elected officials and strategists in this crucial swing state reveal persistent concerns that some Latino men, particularly, are n’t interested in Harris.
Piece of a long-term pattern for Democrats, the decline in direct among Latino voters has been evident in public polls, where the party’s lead among Latino voters has declined to its lowest rates in decades. Nevada and Arizona, two very different says where Harris has issues with diminishing voter turnout among Latinos, are both examples of this. And Harris ‘ performance with Latino voters in Pennsylvania, home to about 580, 000 registered Latino voters, may tip the whole election.
” Yes, I am concerned, I am worried. … The Harris plan needs to maintain and perform better at getting to the group, getting them out to vote”,  , Victor Martinez, the owner of a  , Spanish-language television station in the position told Politico. Trump claims that because I am a Latino, I have a macho image and a very beautiful character.
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One Pennsylvania elected official who spoke easily and who criticized” they need to be ramping up with the Latinos” even more in the coming weeks, while another Latino head in the position, who attended the Spanish welcome earlier this month, expressed concern about “getting Latino men over whatever issues they have on electing a woman as president — that’s on a lot of people’s minds.”
Democrats ‘ numbers with voters of color across the board have significantly increased since she took the opulent president’s place on the Democratic ticket, making the party competitive once more in different Sun Belt states. She is anticipated to win the majority of Latino voters in Pennsylvania and all over the country. But her lack of Latino male support and Trump’s specific appeal to this group worry Pennsylvania’s agents because even moderate erosion with this group could have an impact on the state’s outcomes.
Feel good? Well, you should n’t. While Kamala has n’t exactly won over these voters, according to operatives who spoke with Politico, Republicans have n’t done more to court them, either.
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” If they were to make an investment, I believe they could really take the Democratic Party for a run,” Martinez, a radio host who serves the Lehigh Valley’s hundreds of thousands of Latinos. He noted that while Democratic and Kamala Harris like Governor, Tim Walz, Sen. Bob Casey, and Rep. Susan Wild have connected with his audience, GOP counterparts have not.
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This disparity can be seen in campaign spending as well. In Pennsylvania, the Trump campaign and its allies have spent only$ 175, 000 on Spanish-language TV ads, compared to the Harris campaign’s and Republicans ‘ only investment of nearly$ 2 million. Additionally, Harris’s campaign has 30 staffers dedicated to Latino outreach in the state, compared to just one on Trump’s side.
If Trump is n’t doing enough to woo Latino voters, Kamala’s struggle with them wo n’t have much of an impact on their choice.