Biden Aides See Warning Signs in Black, Latino Turnout So Far

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Tyler Pager
@tylerpager
SCOOP: For months, senior Biden advisers focused on Hispanic and Black voters have raised concerns to leadership about insufficient investment. They say they have been ignored. Now, they are increasingly worried with just four days left.

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Biden advisers have expressed concerns about a lack of investment in GOTV and are urging the campaign, so far unsuccessfully, to spend even more money to target these critical voters in the final stretch, especially given the campaign’s record-shattering fundraising.

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Disagreements over how to allocate resources in the closing days are a common occurrence in a presidential campaign, but what has made these disputes, which have not been previously reported, more serious is that the split has broken along racial lines.

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Those advocating for more spending - largely people of color - sent multiple written proposals over the course of several months, outlining ways the campaign could bolster minority turnout. They say the documents were ignored by leadership.

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Campaign says they’ve spent tens of millions of dollars on voter outreach. But a staffer in Florida said coalition directors in the state never received budgets, and staffers have spent their own money to put on voter engagement events.

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