>> Sreenivasan: WE'VE BEEN
REPORTING ON THE RECORD TURNOUT
THIS ELECTION OF BLACK AND BROWN
VOTERS, WHICH HELPED IMPACT THE
POLITICAL PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IN
BATTLEGROUND STATES LIKE GEORGIA
AND PENNSYLVANIA.
NOW, WITH THE ELECTION OVER,
MANY OF THE ORGANIZERS, WHO
HELPED REGISTER THOUSANDS OF
THOSE VOTERS, SAY THE FIGHT IS
FAR FROM OVER AND WANT DEMOCRATS
TO DELIVER ON CENTERING
MARGINALIZED VOICES.
NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S IVETTE
FELICIANO HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: IN THE RUN-UP TO
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, MEMBERS
OF UNITED WE DREAM, THE LARGEST
YOUTH-LED IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
ORGANIZATION, REACHED OUT TO
TENS OF MILLIONS OF UNDECIDED
LATINX AND FIRST TIME VOTERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THROUGH
PHONE BANKING AND DIGITAL AD
CAMPAIGNS.
>> I KNOW THAT, LIKE, PEOPLE
LIKE MYSELF THAT HAVE DACA, HAVE
U.S. CITIZENS IN OUR FAMILIES,
THAT WE HAD THEM, AND ASKED THEM
TO THINK ABOUT US WHEN THEY WENT
INTO THE VOTING BOOTH.
>> Reporter: GREISA MARTINEZ
ROSAS IS UNITED WE DREAM'S
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
>> THE RECORD TURNOUT OF
LATINOS, OF YOUNG PEOPLE, BLACK
AND BROWN FOLKS HAVE BEEN AS
PART OF THE LONG TERM INVESTMENT
OF ORGANIZERS LIKE MYSELF,
PEOPLE IN ARIZONA AND MICHIGAN,
PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT
THERE'S WORK TO DO AND WE WILL
NOT STOP UNTIL WE TELL THE STORY
ABOUT HOW THIS TURNOUT WASN'T
AN ACCIDENT.
>> Reporter: THE BLACK AND BROWN
TURNOUT DID NOT GO UNNOTICED, AS
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN
ACKNOWLEDGED IN HIS ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH LAST SATURDAY NIGHT.
>> THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY STOOD UP AGAIN FOR ME.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE MY BACK, AND
I'LL HAVE YOURS.
>> I'M NOT ONE FOR EMPTY
PLATITUDES.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OWES A
GREAT DEAL TO THE BLACK
ELECTORATE.
AND IT'S TIME TO PAY UP THAT
TAB.
>> Reporter: BLACK LIVES
ACTIVIST AND WRITER CHERRELL
BROWN IS BASED IN ATLANTA,
GEORGIA, WHERE POLITICIAN STACY
ABRAMS IS CREDITED WITH
DELIVERING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF VOTES FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
>> THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF
ARTICLES THAT PRAISE STACY
ABRAMS, THAT PRAISE BLACK AND
BROWN VOTERS, BUT WHETHER THAT
TRANSLATES INTO ACTUAL MATERIAL
BENEFITS FOR THOSE SAME
COMMUNITIES IS STILL THE
QUESTION.
>> Reporter: BROWN RECENTLY
WROTE AN ARTICLE FOR "ESSENCE
MAGAZINE," WHERE SHE ARGUES
BIDEN'S PROPOSALS FOR ADDRESSING
ANTI-BLACK STATE VIOLENCE AREN'T
RADICAL ENOUGH.
>> THE RIGHT HAS DONE THIS
REALLY WONDERFUL JOB, ACTUALLY,
OF PAINTING PRESIDENT ELECT
BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT ELECT
KAMALA AS THIS VERY ANTI-COP,
SOCIALIST TICKET.
BUT NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER
FROM THE TRUTH.
BIDEN AND HARRIS BOTH SUPPORT
GIVING MORE FUNDING TO POLICE
FOR THINGS LIKE ANTI-BIAS
TRAININGS OR TO DIVERSIFY THE
FORCE.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE
AMERICAN ELECTION EVE POLL 2020,
WHICH SURVEYED MORE THAN 15,000
REGISTERED VOTERS, BLACK VOTERS
NAMED DISCRIMINATION AND RACIAL
JUSTICE AS THE SECOND MOST
IMPORTANT ISSUE CANDIDATES
SHOULD ADDRESS, AFTER THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
>> IF ONLY WHITES HAD VOTED,
PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD HAVE BEEN
REELECTED WITH ABOUT 56% OR 57%
OF THE VOTE.
>> Reporter: GARY SEGURA CO-
FOUNDED THE POLLING AND RESEARCH
FIRM LATINO DECISIONS, WHICH
HELPED PRODUCE THE AMERICAN
ELECTION EVE POLL 2020.
HE'S ALSO THE DEAN OF THE LUSKIN
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT
U.C.L.A.
HE SAYS THE MEDIA'S HOMING IN ON
TRUMP'S SUCCESS, WITH LATINX
VOTERS IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY IN
FLORIDA AND THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY IN TEXAS, PAINTS A
MISLEADING PICTURE OF THIS
YEAR'S LATINX VOTING BLOC.
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A
POPULATION THAT VOTED ABOUT
70/30 IN FAVOR OF VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN.
WE THINK THAT PUERTO RICANS
PROBABLY GAVE AS MUCH AS 71% OF
THEIR VOTE IN FLORIDA TO VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
BUT IT GETS OVERLOOKED IN ORANGE
COUNTY AND ALONG THE I-4
CORRIDOR BECAUSE WE SPEND ALL OF
OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT CUBANS
AND THE VENEZUELANS IN DADE.
>> Reporter: SEGURA SAYS, THOUGH
LATINOS VOTED IN HIGHER NUMBERS
FOR BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY
CLINTON, SEVEN OUT OF TEN VOTED
FOR BIDEN IN NOVEMBER, WHICH IS
STILL ABOVE THE HISTORICAL
AVERAGE.
>> THE LATINO MARGIN WILL EXCEED
THE VICTORY MARGIN IN NEVADA AND
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO AND
COLORADO.
LATINOS WILL HAVE ELECTED
SENATOR HICKENLOOPER, SENATOR
LUHAN AND SENATOR KELLY.
WE THINK LATINOS GAVE OVER
120,000 VOTE MARGIN TO VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN IN PHILADELPHIA,
IN THE SOUTH EAST PENNSYLVANIA
REGION, WHICH MEANS WITHOUT
LATINO VOTES, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE
HAD THE VICE PRESIDENT CARRY
PENNSYLVANIA.
THIS IS ALSO TRUE FOR AFRICAN-
AMERICANS, OF COURSE.
SO, LIKE IN ALL VICTORIES, THERE
ARE MANY OWNERS, RIGHT.
>> Reporter: BOTH CHERRELL BROWN
AND GREISA MARTINEZ ROSAS SAY A
BIDEN PRESIDENCY MIGHT MEAN MORE
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THEIR
POLITICAL ORGANIZING, BUT THEIR
FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER.
>> LOOK AT WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN
PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART
OF THE VOTING PROCESS, RIGHT.
WHAT DEMOCRATS SHOULD DO,
INSTEAD OF DILUTING THE MESSAGE
OR SPINNING AWAY FROM THE MOST
CONSISTENT AND LOYAL VOTING
BLOC, IS OPENING UP MORE
PATHWAYS FOR FOLKS TO BE A PART
OF THE PROCESS.
>> HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ENSURING THAT BLACK FOLKS
AND IMMIGRANTS AND QUEER PEOPLE
AND WOMEN ARE NOT ONLY BEING
HEARD AND BEING PUT PART OF
POLICY AGENDAS, BUT AS A CULTURE
ENSURING THAT THERE'S
RESTITUTION FOR THOSE OF US WHO
HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY IN THE TARGET
OF TRUMP.
WHICH IS WHY IT'S GOING TO BE SO
IMPORTANT TO HEAL AS A NATION,
TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE OWNING THE
THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON OUR
COLLECTIVE WATCH, AND TO BE
REALLY COMMITTED TO BOLD SHIFTS
IN OUR SOCIETY.