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In reply to the discussion: Hispanic Voters Now Evenly Split Between Parties [View all]EleanorR
(2,441 posts)20. They have been subject to massive disinformation campaigns
Several misinformation researchers told Recode that theyre seeing alarming amounts of misinformation about voter fraud and Democratic leaders being shared in Latino social media communities. Biden is a popular target, with misinformation ranging from exaggerated claims that he embraces Fidel Castro-style socialism to more patently false and outlandish ones, for instance that the president-elect supports abortion minutes before a childs birth or that he orchestrated a caravan of Cuban immigrants to infiltrate the US Southern border and disrupt the election process.
What Ive seen during this election looks to be a multifaceted misinformation effort seeking to undermine Biden and Harriss support amongst the Latino community, said Sam Woolley, a misinformation and propaganda researcher at the University of Texas Austin. I think that political groups understand that the Latino vote matters and they are showing they are willing to use any and all informational tactics to get what they want.
What Ive seen during this election looks to be a multifaceted misinformation effort seeking to undermine Biden and Harriss support amongst the Latino community, said Sam Woolley, a misinformation and propaganda researcher at the University of Texas Austin. I think that political groups understand that the Latino vote matters and they are showing they are willing to use any and all informational tactics to get what they want.
https://www.vox.com/recode/21574293/social-media-latino-voters-2020-election
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Hispanics have been joining Evangelical churches in droves. That's the cause. n/t
FSogol
Dec 2021
#1
DNC not talking DIRECTLY to communities of color, multiple 2020 post mortems outline this and now
uponit7771
Dec 2021
#2
Is it the messaging or is it lazy thinkers? My guess is that most people side with whatever gives
chowder66
Dec 2021
#26
In Tejas most of the counties along the Rio Grande are blue but that is changing
walkingman
Dec 2021
#18
Big conservative pushes centered on specific communities by Bannon etc. don't help
luckone
Dec 2021
#27
They are opening up flop houses in every city and calling them RNC Hispanic Community Centers
LeftInTX
Dec 2021
#39
Sounds like jihadists in the ME. Republicans are anti-life for Americans of having-beeen-born.
applegrove
Dec 2021
#46