Clinton looks to shore up support among younger Latinos in California

[BootinUp]

Hillary Clinton meets with Californians at Los Angeles Mission College Culinary Arts Institute in Sylmar, Calif. on June 4. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

By Abby Phillip June 5 at 6:00 AM
Washington Post

OXNARD, Calif. — Most of Albert Magana’s friends are evenly split between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at his social-media feed.

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In a state like California, that trend is an acute problem for Clinton. The state’s 15 million Latinos are about a third of the Democratic electorate, and they are much more likely than any other minority group to be younger — prime targets for Sanders’s message. The median age for Latinos is 27, compared with 34 for blacks and 43 for whites, according to the Census bureau.

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“Immigration is at the center of this presidential campaign,” Clinton said at Mission College as she sat at a lunchroom table sandwiched between two undocumented DREAMers. “This is very personal to me.”

Quietly, she began weaving a story of how she grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and through her church, volunteered to babysit the children of Latino migrant workers.

At the end of the day, a ramshackle bus carrying the workers would fly down a dirt road, and the children would run out to greet their parents.

“I remember so vividly watching that and thinking, they’re just like our family,” Clinton said. “I used to run and see my father when he came home from work. I know what that feels like.”

“I never forgot that,” Clinton added, wistfully.

Her campaign believes that the key to making inroads with Latino voters is in closing this information gap.

“It’s more just a matter of letting folks know her history,” said California Rep. Xavier Becerra, a Clinton supporter. “I remember going to speak at UCLA, and I mentioned she’s been doing this for the longest time; they couldn’t remember.”

Complete article at Wash Post

[brer cat]

1. She connects with people by meeting in groups like this,

as opposed to mega rallies in huge arenas where there is no personal contact. And she listens.

[sarae]

2. I don't understand the appeal of the mega rallies.

Actually, I understand that they seem to generate a lot of excitement and passion, but that seems like a fleeting thing. Once the crowd is gone, the feelings fade. Smaller intimate settings seem like the kind of thing that would have a more long-term impact in the minds of voters.

[brer cat]

3. I agree, sarae.

I think it is more for entertainment and enjoying being part of a huge crowd. That is not for me, and it wouldn't work as well for Hillary as meeting in smaller groups where she can really connect with the people.

[ismnotwasm]

7. That she does

And that's why she won.

[BlueCaliDem]

4. "It’s more just a matter of letting folks know her history,” said California Rep. Xavier Becerra,"

More importantly, it's a matter of letting them know Sanders' history.

Hillary has been adverse to shining a bright light on Sanders' legislative past regarding Latino issues and common sense bills that affect them, like immigration reform and the Federal Amber Alert (when Latinos have seen a majority of alerts on their abducted children in CA). If they knew, they'd immediately abandon him, I'm telling you.

[BootinUp]

5. I think she did in there too. I agree.

[puffy socks]

8. Yeah, this one really gets me.:mad:

gives excuses about provisions in the bill.

http://missing-people.leadstories.com/765844-bernie-sanders-walks-out-on-interview-over-amber-alert-vote.html

...never bothered him to vote for the 94 crime bill though

[Her Sister]

6. Yep it's a one on one race now!

I like that photo of HER there in the middle with people! Sitting with them! They look so comfortable with her.

I like HER at big rallies too. Like that she mixes it up!