Posted on 01/31/2020 7:02:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Luis Gomez is in a back room hidden behind columns of tires at his family’s tire shop in Des Moines. He’s got his tablet open and he’s scrolling through his Facebook friends to see who he can call to ask about their caucus plans, but the timing is tricky. It’s 9:00 on a Tuesday morning and a lot of people are at work. He’s wearing a “Bernie Beats Trump” button, a permanent fixture on his coat.
Gomez, a 31-year-old Mexican immigrant, is in the country as a legal resident, so he can’t participate in the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3.
“He’s the first person that I’ve ever encountered that has given me hope for democracy,” says Gomez. “His ideals are what democracy should look like.”
Sanders’ pathway to victory in Iowa depends on getting new voters out to support him, especially voters that are often left out of the political process. And one group they’re taking special care to reach is the Latino community. In Iowa, this strategy has meant a blizzard of bilingual mailers, a variety of Spanish-language ad buys, and integrating Latino organizers into the staff’s DNA. Chuck Rocha, a top adviser on the campaign, estimates that by caucus day, the campaign will have spent $1.5 million in bilingual outreach in Iowa alone.
Sanders himself has made a point of personally stopping by local events that matter to this community. Sanders was the only top-tier presidential candidate to appear at a LULAC presidential town hall in October. The previous month, he stopped by a lotería in Iowa City.
“We don’t have to chase him down and try to get him to sign up. If we have a fiesta going on, lotería or some type of forum, he shows up,” Nick Salazar, the LULAC Iowa state director, told TIME.
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“He’s the first person that I’ve ever encountered that has given me hope for democracy,” says Gomez. “His ideals are what democracy should look like.”
Moron
I guess pushing that “democracy” thing in Mexico didn’t work out.
Democracy = MOB RULE........................
Foreigners ARE interfering in our elections.
That’s what happens when you have a former street protester who never held a job outside of sucking on the public teat like simpleton Sanders in the White House.Legislation by slogan.
Hold on to that purse, young lady,
Democracy - I don’t think it means what you think it does.
Venezuela is calling your name. They don’t need tires since they can’t drive anywhere with no gasoline, but you’d at least ‘enjoy’ the kind of ‘democracy’ you’re working for.
How about a commercial reminding these latinos all the reasons they left their home country?
So foreigners from unstable, socialist shitholes are in the USA trying to sway our elections? So this article is supposed to convince me of what exactly?
Too bad Hillary and the DNC will not let him win the primary
How Bernie can win the Latino and black vote. Take a note from the Kaiser!
Bernie should promise the Hispanics that he will give Mexico back all the lands the US paid for after the Mexican War.
Give the Blacks five states of their own.
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