- Title: Clinton campaigners target Latino voters in key swing state of Nevada
- Date: 8th November 2016
- Summary: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 7, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF VOLUNTEERS AT PHONE BANK AT THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION CALLING PEOPLE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRANCISCO MORALES, NEVADA STATE DIRECTOR AT THE ADVOCACY GROUP 'CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION', SAYING: "We need to turn out more voters, but here is the key, we still have over a hundred thousand Latinos that haven't voted, over one hundred thousand have, but we still have one hundred thousand to bank on. And going to the election, we want to make sure the Latino vote turns out in greater numbers and even greater numbers than 2012. And to do that, we're going to continue the massive 'get out the vote' operation." FRANCISCO MORALES WORKING WITH PHONE BANK VOLUNTEERS MORE OF VOLUNTEERS AT LATINO PHONE BANK (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRANCISCO MORALES, NEVADA STATE DIRECTOR AT THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION, SAYING: "So we're not stopping. We've been building this movement for months now and just because folks say Nevada is going to turn blue, we're not stopping, we're going to make sure that we elect the right candidates so we can win this election." REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST JESUS MARQUEZ WORKING IN HIS OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (English) REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST JESUS MARQUEZ SAYING: "The Latino vote is very important. We had a big turn out on Friday, a lot of Latinos are going to vote for Trump, not all of the Latinos are going to vote for Hillary. Thirty percent of Latinos were supporting Trump in the last couple of polls. I believe Donald Trump can still win the state, it's not a lost state yet." EARLY VOTER ALICIA BRIONCON WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (English) EARLY VOTER ALICIA BRIONCON SAYING: "Honestly, I am so enraged and disgusted by Donald Trump and the fact that he has awakened an entire movement of white supremacists who think that they can, it's normalized now for white supremacists to come out in the open and I don't want that to be, you know, the normal thing in America, so I voted against that." VARIOUS OF JENNY HERNANDEZ CANVASSING NEIGHBORHOOD ON BEHALF OF THE "FOR OUR FUTURE" SUPER PAC (POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE), ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CANVASSER JENNY HERNANDEZ SAYING: "Honestly, I feel very happy, this election in particular, I've had contact with people that have learned something, they have learned that they have to vote today or that they will make a change in this election. I have visited many people that didn't even think about voting or didn't know where to go and they have actually registered to vote with me. That means a lot because, being Mexican, I feel like I'm helping someone, I am helping someone to learn something that will benefit their future and their children's future." HERNANDEZ WALKING OFF
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- Keywords: Nevada Las Vegas election president Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Latino Hispanic
- Location: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES
- City: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA00157G703R
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- Story Text: With only hours left before Election Day, volunteers for Democrat Hillary Clinton were hitting phones and knocking on doors in the key swing state of Nevada on Monday (November 7) to drum up last minute support for their candidate, especially among Latino voters.
Latino voters could have an outsized influence in Tuesday's (November 8) election. Early voting data may indicate a jump in the number of Hispanic voters this year, especially in the key swing states of Nevada and Florida, and Clinton would likely be the biggest beneficiary over her rival, Republican Donald Trump.
A recent poll conducted by the firms The Tarrance Group and Bendixen and Amandi found that Hispanic registered voters in Nevada favor Clinton 72 percent to 19 percent for Trump.
At a phone bank set up by the advocacy group the Center for Community Change Action, volunteers hit the phones to get out the Latino vote for Clinton.
"We need to turn out more voters, but here is the key, we still have over a hundred thousand Latinos that haven't voted," said Francisco Morales, the group's Nevada State Director.
And one of those hitting the streets to get out the vote was Jenny Hernandez, canvassing on behalf of the "For our Future" political action committee, supporting Clinton. That organization and others banded together in a major get-out-the-vote push, especially among voters of color, and the coalition's data suggest that the effort paid off.
"I have visited many people that didn't even think about voting or didn't know where to go and they have actually registered to vote with me. That means a lot because, being Mexican, I feel like I'm helping someone, I am helping someone to learn something that will benefit their future and their children's future," she said.
Twenty-two percent of Democrats who voted on Friday (November 4) had a conversation with someone from that progressive coalition at some point after Oct. 15, according to the group's Nevada state coordinator. Among Latino voters on the last three voting days, the coalition had conversations with 14 percent of them after Oct. 15, according to the group's data.
Overall, the Democrats have cast around 46,000 more ballots in Nevada than Republicans. But Republican strategist Jesus Marquez said 30 percent of Latinos were voting for Trump.
"The Latino vote is very important. We had a big turn out on Friday, a lot of Latinos are going to vote for Trump, not all of the Latinos are going to vote for Hillary. Thirty percent of Latinos were supporting Trump in the last couple of polls. I believe Donald Trump can still win the state, it's not a lost state yet," he said.
A Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation poll gave Clinton a 90 percent chance of defeating Trump and said she was on track to win 303 Electoral College votes out of 270 needed, to Trump's 235.
The latest opinion polls tapping into popular support for each candidate rather than Electoral College support, showed Clinton narrowly ahead: a 5 percentage point lead over Trump nationally - with 44 percent to 39 percent support, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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