For the first time, bilingual English-Spanish satellite caucuses are being held in Iowa on Monday.
According to LULAC, 1 of every 8 caucus goers in 2016 was Latino. The group has since focused on voter registration and says about 70 percent of Latinos in the state are registered.
The group also created some buzz about the 2020 Democratic primary and Latino voters with a town hall held in Iowa.Sanders' strong outreach to Latinos Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., former Vice President Joe Biden and the billionaire activist Tom Steyer also have been putting resources into turning out Latinos, Garcia said. Warren has been helped by former presidential candidate Julián Castro, who immediately went to workThe Latino population nationally tends to be younger than the overall population. In Iowa, the median age is 38.2, but among Latinos in the state it is 24, according to LULAC.
“It’s in an area where there are a lot of Latinos, so that’s why I thought that venue would be appropriate. A lot of people know that YMCA,” she said.Joe Enriquez Henry, an adviser to LULAC president Garcia, will be working at another caucus site in south Des Moines. Although it is not designated a bilingual satellite caucus, he said he and other volunteers will be helping to translate for Spanish speakers at that site.
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