Daily News | Organizers hit the streets of North Philly to talk to Latino voters
“Are we doing a halfway decent job of registering folks? Are they just not excited to come out and vote?” Almirón wondered. “If we actually tapped into the potential of the Latino vote and if we had politicians that could talk to our folks and know how to do it, [we] could have a situation where Pennsylvania is no longer a swing state.”
The expected rate of conversations for this type of canvassing is 8%, but Mijente reached 30%. Organizing Director Chio Valerio-González noted that people are more likely to open their doors and have conversations with people who are from their own community. Ruby Fuentes was scheduled for gallbladder surgery on Monday at 11:30 a.m. but she still showed up for day three of canvassing in her neighborhood.
María Méndez, an 18-year-old canvasser with Mijente and staffer at Juntos, brought a high level of energy to the early morning gathering.
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