Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro is confident of Democrats’ ability to turn Latino voters into Georgia’s special election on Tuesday. Democrats hope to be able to count on the ballot box to help them gain control of the Senate, just as they helped turn the state blue in November.
“There is a lot of enthusiasm and understanding about the importance of voting in these Senate qualifiers,” Castro, who ran for the 2020 Democratic presidency, told Elaine Quijano, presenter of “Red & Red”, on Monday. Blue “of the CBSN.
The two Senate seats to be decided will be determined control of the Senate, providing additional attention to racing. Incumbent Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are running against Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, respectively. Both the Republican and Democrat parties have sent high-profile substitutes to the state, including the president Trump, President-elect Biden and former President Obama.
The Associated Press ’Votecast poll found that 3% of Georgia’s 5 million general election voters were Latinos and 60% of them voted for Biden in November. The former vice president had a margin of more than 35,000 votes over Mr. Trump among Latinos in the state, according to AP.
Early voting data show that Latinos have the lowest turnout among all demographic countries in the state, with 24.2% of early voting. Still, Castro said he has no doubts about participation.
“What I hope is that we will witness good healthy participation, not just in the Latino community, but in various communities for these Democratic candidates,” he said. “I’m sure … the Latino community will come out in an important way for these two Democratic candidates.”
“Both campaigns have put a lot of effort and resources into getting voters out and I am sure we will see results when all the votes are counted after the polls close tomorrow,” Castro added.