Democrats Need to Reach Out to Hispanic Voters Early, Researcher Says

“We don’t want that funding to come in the last month before the election,” said Matt Barreto. “One of the lessons was that wasn’t useful. We need that funding to come in much earlier to build up local structures, to build up party committees.

“Those need to be Latino-led. If you want to earn the Latino vote, you need to invest in those Latino leaders.”