>> 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.