Ngomgqibelo, ama-caucusgoers aqala ukuhlangana ngabo-10 ekuseni e-Desert Pines High School e-Las Vegas, e-Nevada. Imvula yayiqale ukuna ekuseni kakhulu - okuyivelakancane e-Las Vegas - futhi ayizange ikhanye kwaze kwaba yilapho ima ntambama.
Isikole samabanga aphezulu, umascot waso kuyi-jaguar, sisendaweni ehlala abantu abaningi baseLatino, abangabasebenzi. Cishe wonke amakhokhasi kwakungabantu bebala. Isikole sisebenze njengendawo yekhokhasi yezindawo eziyi-12 - ezihlukaniswe phakathi kwendawo yokudlela nendawo yokuzivocavoca. Awekho amakhokhasi ayegcwele kakhulu; usihlalo wesifunda uqagele ukuthi kwakungenxa yesiphepho esikhulu ekuseni ngalolo suku - amachibi amakhulu abona igceke - kanye nenani elikhulu labavoti bokuqala, namavoti angaba ngu-75,000 esifundazweni sonke eza ngaphambi kwesikhathi, uma kuqhathaniswa nenani labantu abangu-86,000 ngo-2016.
USen. Bernie Sanders uhlonzwe njengowinile kusenesikhathi yizitolo eziningi, kanti lowo owayeyiPhini likaMongameli uJoe Biden, uSen. Elizabeth Warren, kanye nowayeyiMeya yaseNingizimu Bend uPete Buttigieg bebanga indawo yesibili.
Ngemuva kwengxabano yezingxoxo ze-Iowa, izibukeli zabheka iNevada ngokuthuthumela, kodwa umkhankaso kaSanders wahlala ugxile esu lawo elikhulu lokuhlanganisa abavoti baseLatino, abahlanganisa cishe amaphesenti angama-30 abantu bombuso. Okhethweni oluya ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, uSanders akagcinanga ngokuhola jikelele, ubephinde abe yilowo othole ingxenye enkulu yokwesekwa kweLatino, ngamaphesenti angama-33. Yize izinombolo zokuvota zikaSanders bezilokhu zingashintshile kusukela ehlobo, uhlomule ngokushelela kwalowo owayeyiPhini likaMongameli uJoe Biden, owayehola phakathi kwamaLatino Nevadans ngamaphesenti angama-34 ngoJuni, kodwa wehlela ku-22% ukwesekwa kule nyanga. Ngo-2016, uSanders uthole amaphesenti angama-53 yevoti leLatino eNevada.
Kulo nyaka, uSanders uphindaphinde imizamo yakhe yokuthola amavoti abo, hhayi kuphela ukugxila ekuphenduleni, kodwa futhi ukuhlela ngqo amakhokhasi. Leyo mizamo - enjengokuqeqesha ngeSpanishi kanye nokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokuhumusha kuma-caucuses - ibonakala iphumelele. Okunye ukuqeqeshwa okunjalo - kwamakhokhasi "E-Strip" okwenzeka endaweni edumile yase-Las Vegas ukuze abasebenzi basehhotela nekhasino bakwazi ukuya - kwenzeke ngoLwesine ebusuku emahhovisi e-Make the Road Action, iqembu elilwela amalungelo abokufika. Njengoba iqhutshwa ngeSpanishi ngokuphelele, ivolontiya elincane lachaza ukuthi iyini ikhokhasi nokuthi isebenza kanjani. Iqembu liphothule ukuqeqeshwa ngekhokhasi ehlekisayo, lapho bavote khona phakathi kwabaqashwe bakaSanders abanjengama-rapper uCardi B kanye noKiller Mike.
Enkulumweni yakhe yokunqoba evela eSan Antonio, eTexas, uSanders wagqamisa ukwesekwa kwakhe umkhankaso akuthola eqenjini. “Ngifuna ukubonga iMake the Road nazo zonke izinhlangano ezisemazingeni aphansi ezisisizile ukuthi siphumelele lapho,” usho kanje.
Ukunqoba kukaSanders kuphinde kubonga abaseLatinos abancane abafana noChristopher Santoyo oneminyaka engu-19, otshele i-Intercept ukuthi ubevolontiya kuSanders kusukela eneminyaka engu-15, futhi wasebenzela ukukholisa umndeni wakhe ukuthi ubambe iqhaza.
"Ekuqaleni babengamthandi," kusho uSantoyo. "Kepha ngicabanga ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi ngibambeke kakhulu emkhankasweni wakhe, futhi ngibatshela ukuthi bavote, bayameseka uBernie Sanders." Uhambise abanye bomndeni wakhe ezindaweni zokuvota kusenesikhathi wathi unezihlobo ezindala ezisuka ogwini ziye ogwini manje eziseka uSanders.
Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi ngabe ucabanga ukuthi abanye abantu abasha bakholisa abazali babo ukuthi bavotele uSanders, uSantoyo uthe, "Amaphesenti ayikhulu."
“Ngicabanga ukuthi le mibono iqine kakhulu kubo. Njengekolishi lamahhala, noma i-Green New Deal, i-Medicare for All. Bese kuthi uma unengxoxo engathi sína ngokuyibona ngelensi yethu, baqala ukushintsha ngempela. ”
“Iningi labo, ikakhulukazi umndeni wami ikakhulukazi, bangamaLatino ngakho balalela iTelemundo, i-Univisión, neminye imithombo yezokuxhumana. Futhi zifana nokunanela lawo maphuzu okukhulumayo. Kepha uma ngilwa nakho, kufana nokuthi, 'Oh wow, uqinisile,' ”kusho uSantoyo. Uma ukhuluma nabo ngempela, ingqondo yabo izoshintsha.
Ngenkathi amanethiwekhi amakhebula egoqa amakhanda awo ekuholeni kukaSanders (uChris Matthews uqhathanise ukunqoba kukaSanders nokuhlasela kweFrance yibutho lamaNazi. ku-MSNBC), isimo samakhokhasi sangempela sasinethemba.
U-Belén Sisa, unobhala wezindaba waseLatino kaBernie Sanders, kanye no-Ana Maria Archila, umqondisi ophethe we-Centre for Popular Democracy, ongalo yakhe yezombusazwe ivumele uSanders, bobabili badabuke eceleni e-Desert Pines njengeningi lama-caucusgoers ngesikhathi esisodwa. Amagceke aminyene eSanders.
"Kufana neningi labantu elihlezi ohlangothini lukaBernie lwekhokhasi," kusho u-Archila. “Abantu abansundu, ikakhulukazi, abakholelwa ukuthi umhlaba omusha ungenzeka, ukuthi singakwazi ngokuphelele ukuthola ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nekolishi lamahhala nokuqeda ukuxoshwa futhi ngithinteka kakhulu ithemba labantu ngesikhathi esincane kangaka. ubumnyama, yingakho ngikhala.”
KuPablo Montoya, 28, wesizukulwane sokuqala waseMexico-waseMelika futhi owokuqala emndenini wakhe ukuvota, ikhokhasi ibe yithuba lokumela wonke umphakathi waseLatino. "Eqinisweni engizama ukukwenza futhi ukunikeza izwi kubantu baseLatino," esho, "ku-Dreamers, ku-DACA." U-Montoya usekela uSanders nge-Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren njengenketho yakhe yesibili.
UMontoya ufuna ukwenza kabusha iDemocratic Party - futhi unethemba ngomphumela eNevada. "Eqinisweni, ngigxile ezinqumweni zami njengamanje kubantu abagxile kakhulu ekusizeni izinkulungwane zeminyaka njengamanje," esho, echitha abanye abangenele ukhetho abanjengoBiden njengokwedlule kweqembu. "Ngicabanga ukuthi uBernie noWarren sebekulungele ukuqala iDemocratic Party entsha, enezinkolelo ezintsha, ngesethi yemithetho emisha. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi sisesikhathini lapho singakwenza lokho kwenzeke. "
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