Latino voters could be the crucial swing vote that decides who will be Chicago’s next mayor, but according to a recent poll, many Latinos said they haven’t heard from either of the candidates ahead of Tuesday’s runoff election. LatinoVoicesWTTW
The Northwestern University poll released earlier this week found that 47% of Latino voters had not been contacted by either campaign.That’s a “missed opportunity,” according to Karina Ayala-Bermejo, president and CEO of Instituto del Progreso Latino, which is part of a 26-group coalition called the Illinois Latina Agenda working on education and outreach efforts for Latino voters.
Roberto Valdez Jr., Midwest policy director for the Hispanic Federation, said that while both candidates have done a “great job” in the debates and forums, he agrees their voter outreach efforts to the Latino community have fallen well short.Jaime Dominguez, political science professor at Northwestern, said he’s not surprised by the poor voter outreach and said neither campaign has done much to court Latino voters. But, he said, it was even worse in the past.
Ayala-Bermejo said the Latino community is “very in tune” with the debate over crime and safety because many officers come from the Latino community, but she said there are also concerns over policing policies that “negatively impact our community.”
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