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Bringing More Diversity to US Ballots Is Both Goal and Challenge

Carol Guensburg

   The [1]shifting demographics of the United Statesare creating more
   impetus to field political candidates of color -- including newer
   Americans.

   "Well, it's been a priority for both parties, including the Republican
   Party, for a long time," said Alex Conant, a Washington-based
   Republican strategist who served as press secretary for his party's
   national committee in 2008.

   Democrats have been better at promoting racial and ethnic minorities,
   he says, though, [2]as Politico reported in July, the party
   establishment years ago had to be prodded to accept Black candidates
   outside of heavily Black districts.

References

   1. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/26/what-the-2020-electorate-looks-like-by-party-race-and-ethnicity-age-education-and-religion/
   2. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/20/congressional-candidates-of-color-366416

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