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    'Authenticity,' 'Culturally Relevant': Why Bernie Sanders Is Resonating With Latinos

    Part of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' resiliency this campaign cycle is thanks to his popularity with Latinos. Multiple polls show Sanders leads the field with Latino support.
    by Asma Khalid Dec 22, 2019 5 minutes
    Michael Ramirez, the deputy Nevada field director, and Susana Cervantes, the Nevada state field director say having Latino staffers gives the campaign an advantage. The Sanders campaign says it has more than 100 Latino staffers across the country.

    This weekend, one of the most high-profile Latinas in Congress, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is campaigning for Bernie Sanders in Nevada and California.

    Recent polls by the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and Latino Decisions all show Sanders as the top Democratic presidential candidate choice among Latino Democrats. He has a particular strength with young Latinos.

    The story of how a man who represents one of the whitest states in the country — Vermont — came to resonate with the largest nonwhite eligible voting block in the country is multi-faceted.

    Interviews with Sanders' campaign staff, volunteers, voters and activists in the key early voting state of Nevada point to a few consistent factors that explain the senator's popularity: his consistency on jobs and health care, his progressive immigration plan, his

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