Arturo its all happening at the same time. And for better or for worse, the role of latinos in the 2020 census, the role of latinos in primaries and the november election will be a key narrative of next year. And so what is that going to look like . What are its implications . How do we begin now so that narrative tells the complete story of the impact latinos will have on american politics . So to help me have this conversation, please welcome to the stage, as i introduce them, let me start, first, with another past naleo president , the current secretary of state of the great state of l. A. Ornia i am from the honorable alex padilla. If you could come on stage. Secretary padilla was elected in 2014 and became the first latino to hold the office of secretary of state. He previously served on the city council for the city of los angeles. Come on up, sir. Take a seat. And in the california state senate. [applause] arturo and he did us a great honor and favor by serving as cochair of the National Latino commission on census 2020. In fact, he did such a good job that mayor newsome in california just appointed him as chair of the california complete count committee. [applause] arturo please, welcome to the stage Miamidade County board School District board member navarro. Ruby [applause] she was elected to fill a vacancy to fill a vacancy, since elected to represent the constituents of district 7. Her Public Service goes back many years, two decades. Previously worked for numerous state legislators in the Florida State house and state senate. And i know one of her prouder Public Service roles was leading Miamidade Countys 2010 town committee. So please welcome her. Teresa kumar, make sure i get your title right president and c. E. O. Of shes an emmy nominated contributor to msnbc and under her leadership, moto latino has become a key factor in National Elections by directly registering over a carter million new voters and influencing millions more through vital celebritydriven campaigns and social media campaigns. And her organization is terrific partner with naleo educational fund. And also dr. Matt, cofounder and managing director of the polling and Research Firm of latino decision. Hes also a professor of Political Science and chicana and chicano studies at ucla. He held positions at the university of washington. Hes the author of four books and more than 60 articles. And he is founding faculty director of the latino policy and Politics Initiative at the ucla Luskin School of public affairs. So let me get started. As i gather my notes over here, move over to the chair, but im going to start asking the doctor to give us your take on what you heard this morning from the candidates. I know your firm, you have done a couple polls. You did one for us. Thats right. I think it was in april. We commissioned them to do a poll of latino register voters to look at famblt ratings of the candidates. I know you did just did one for univision as well. Give us what happened in the past few months in famblt ratings and reflect what you heard from some of the candidates that showed up today. Thank you, arturo, for having us here. He commissioned to us do a poll in april. We gave him an extremely low price on that poll and he said i could have a free trip to miami so im here. Thank you. Enjoying miami. Thank you for the welcome. We had a great time here. In april we found that not a lot of latinos had been hearing from the president ial candidates so far. Even though a lot of us who follow the news very closely had been obsessed with seeing what was happening and felt like the campaign had already been going on too long. But many latino voters didnt share that. They felt the candidates had not been reaching out that month. They were still getting to know the candidates and this was very similar to what we had done in some of our work with naleo during the 2018 election. In which we found throughout that 2018 election the campaigns and the candidates were slow to reach out to the Latino Community and they did catch up over the fall and we did have a really excellent massive turnout by 2018 election day. But were seeing that same thing now. That it seems our community is always the last one to get approached by the cane candidates, to be engaged by the candidates. When we looked at the new poll that came out yesterday from univision we found there had been an increase, especially for some of the more wellknown candidates. Joe biden, bernie sanders, Julian Castro had the highest name recognition, same to the naleo poll. They had increased from five to six points since april. Theyre still getting to know the Latino Community and the Latino Community is getting to know them so we had a large percentage. In some cases, over half, a majority of latino voters saying they had no opinion or had never heard of some of these candidates who are major candidates, u. S. Senators, and other important positions. So hopefully well see that number go down. Well see more outreach in our community. And i just want to thank naleo for their work in keeping the spotlight on that because not everyone asks those questions but arturo always insists that when we ask latino voters, we ask them, how much have you heard . Are you hearing from the candidates . And were able to use that to report to the media and report back to the candidates that you need to do a better job engaging our community. Arturo excellent. Maria teresa, pick up on that. I know youve been following the campaigns. Youve done a stellar job representing our community on msnbc. I understand you were there this morning sorry we missed you. Maria teresa sorry i missed you. Arturo tell us what youre hearing from the candidates in the campaigns, how are they playing on the issues youre hearing from the community . Maria teresa you bring everybody in a place where theres opportunity and theres so much opportunity in this election and one of the things were hearing from the candidates is there is a curiousity from the Latino Community but for many they see us as foreigners and our job is to really bridge them. When matt says, yes, latinos came out in force, that was despite the fact that no one reached out to us. Lets be clear. By the 2018 Midterm Election after votes were cast, 76 of latinos came out and voted. 49 of registered latinos had never heard a peep from anybody. So for the people in this room, there is no plan b for our community. We have to be very, very clear that the elections are going to be the most important ones in our lifetime but we need to make sure we need to keep an eye on the ball on the census where we talk about this idea that the census is not pouring money back into our community and then our 5yearold shows up in kindergarten and theres not deask, its because he wasnt not a desk, its because he wasnt counted. There is a correlation. We are living in a curious time, a time of opportunity. In voto latino, we registered 50 we registered directly from texas, and the opportunity lies in young people. Whether were talking about the census, whether were talking about the election, when people say that latinos dont vote, thats nonsense. Our issue is closing the Voter Registration gap. We have roughly 15 million latinos that are unregistered. 10 million of them under the age of 29. Vote. Ey register they our destiny is so intertwined with this country and its disproportionately young. The majority of latinos, we are 19 years old, so when we talk about the census, we encourage we should have campaigns and voto latino have done so in the past, we focused on young people. What we did last time we focused on 15yearolds because she could shepherd the census with parents. Los nt to 66,000 kids in angeles. We went to churches in chicago. We were up in albegan banny, new york, and we saw performance, but its because we recognize these young peoples agency. I encourage you to develop your programs. Recognize their leadership because as one said so adequately, we are their imagination, but now we are also their voice. Thank you mati at todays that. Teresa. Spend a few more minutes about what we heard this morning. , ande turn to you, lubby you are supposed to have asked the question to senator warren. But her remarks were not just one minute. So you are not able to ask that question. You are both a school board member. Whone of the republicans, we want to make sure the candidates understand they are talking to in this room. I assume none of those are your candidates, not being of your party. Reflecting on what you heard, how do you think it plays out in this community . One of the messages i heard was that some of them were very ready on the census question. We made sure of that. Particularly with the senator, i felt she did not have a plan. We have to to be on point to make sure that they understand that although the election is in november, 20 20, there will be consequences to this nation for 10 years. We have to be direct, and an sure they have an answer and a day oneexecute, come in january, 2020. We have to make sure that the census is a priority not just with our candidates, but with every community in this country. Served witho have as a cochairllo with the National Commission on the census, thank you naleo. And the commissioners, i believe we have four present with us. This was a lot of work. We went to five cities and heard direct testimony from experts on this. I want to recognize our president who served with us. Santiago. Tive and our dear friend from columbus ohio. [applause] these are some of the commissioners who are here. We were able to hear on the ground some of the issues that communities across the nation will be facing. Of losted in the city angeles. We want to new york, new york. Sent tonio, texas and orlando, florida. With this information, we were able to release, on may 22, the secretary and i, along with naleo , the Commission Report called the community speaks. This is valuable information for you. We hope that the Census Bureau and the administration can act on some of the administration docs recommendations and findings that we came up with. Host thank you. Padilla, full transparency, i know that you do have a favorite in the field. Harris l senator, do youharris. What. Hink happened this morning i think it was great for eight candidates for president of the United States came, not just to talk to us. But to talk to our community. And i do not know who was holding their breath hoping all 25 were going to be here. We would still be here. In the country hosted 13 or 14 candidates. It was a prime opportunity to speak to the leadership of our community. Myy. Padilla from observations, some were more prepared than others. Some were more comfortable. Some firsttimers and some andat speakers to naleo that speaks volumes in terms of the organization being recognized as a place as the best place to address issues of our community. Us. Gration is important to every candidate was different. Stancestances policy. Host and the noshows . They will have to work harder. Host lets talk about the census report. Mentioned. Host we heard from africanamericans, from asians, from Lgbt Community members about what is happening in america as we prepare for census 2020. What was the most surprising thing that you heard . You attended all five hearings eerie that you heard from around the country. As all five hearings was there a common theme . Ms. Navarro i think the common theme was fear. Not just of the undercount, but the government has the atrocity to ask us for the First Time Since the 1950 census, a very deliberative time, are you a citizen . And i, as an immigrant to this nation, have a problem with it. Our u. S. Citizen . I, a u. S. Citizen, have a problem with that. The common theme, whether you are representing an asian community,chicano and Lgbt Community, or the issue of children or families, it was the fear of what is going to happen when i answer this question . Obviously, with the fear of punishment, if i put a false statement to that question. But the fear that now the government will have that information. And how will it be utilized, despite the federal protections on the release of that information . Our communities already are in the shadows in the last few years, with what is going on in this nation. Our families have fear of sending their children to our schools. We see this every day in miami dade. If you think this is not a real fear, come to my community in the redlands, where they work and live. Hat is the theme, Arturo Padilla . The concern that we talk sometimes to intellectually about questioning the citizenship of every person in america through the census, the impact that could have. From prior experience, knowing our community, it will discourage people from participating. Is not thatrvation that is anecdotal, but that it is very, very palpable. Communities, to leaders in academia, in government, in philanthropy, acrosstheboard. That concern and that fear is very palpable. And, as i have been saying in california. This applies across the country. Every 10 years, it is tough enough to ensure a complete National Population count. It is tough. There is a reason why it is why there is a hard to count designation that we utilize when it comes to the census. Now come on top of all that, we layer on the Citizenship Question. Layer on top of that, years of underfunding and understaffing of the Census Bureau. So we are less prepared today than we would typically be, at this stage of the game. Layer on top of that, the Digital First census. Most people are used to getting the form in the mail. Now, most people will get a postcard with instructions on how to go online to submit your information electronically. They said we will have other options, to get the survey later, or to do it by phone, or what have you. But that is the first impression. Where there is still a Digital Divide in america from an axis standpoint, a Digital Literacy standpoint. Let alone concerns about cyber security. So theres a lot of work cut out for us. But the stakes are no different. What it means for pluto, representation political representation, redistricting, federal funding. The stakes remain just as high, the challenges are greater, and we do not have a second chance. Not in 2020. At some of those candidates say they would support a recount or doing it over, if 2020 turns out to be the disaster that many of us think in maybe. Let me go to matt. Be ind an opportunity to the courtroom during the litigation, serving as an expert witness. Your research was used by the plaintiffs who sued the department of commerce and the Census Bureau over the decision to place this question on their. And your research was used and cited by the judges in this case. If us your perspective. What was it like to be give us your perspective. What was it like to be in the courtroom . You are not at the Supreme Court arguments on april 23. But you were there at the district level. Dr. Barreto it was remarkable. I was very fortunate to be selected by both the new York Attorney general and also the California Attorney general to conduct original research and author these reports. Dayew york, it was a half a about four hours of explaining the research and answering questions from the department of justice lawyers. And in the california trial, it was an entire day. It was about eight. 5 hours being on the stand, walking eight and a half hours being on the stand, walking through the findings and explaining what was at stake. I think the judges in all three of the cases, i research was presented in the kravitz case in maryland though there wasnt any live testimony. All three of the judges, if you look at the questions they asked and the way they wrote their opinions, were there were very thoughtful. They were following the questions, asking witnesses to clarify, how would the imputation work. ,ow would the proxies work meaning that if you do not answer the senses, they will send someone to the community and ask hey do you know who lives in this house . Have any people live there . You know if their citizens are not citizens . And if nobody answers that. They will send a statistician will say well, that house probably has about 2. 2 people. Previous census documents. It is already stated. The census does a self critique at the end. Every year they know, as a secretary said, that there are hard to count populations. These are predominantly in recent immigrant arrivals or in undocumented communities. The census has published its own 2 thousand 2,992, 2 thousand 12, saying that there is a huge trust factor in undocumented communities. We know that we are getting account wrong. Luckily, we are able to do an ok job, because we partner with trusted voices, groups like naleo. We take them out into the community with them, and the thing that we have to convince people of is that census p or. About and we have people like naleo to say it is important to do this. When we had the reports their own reports using against them in the trial. The judges all three judges cited that the census knows this will harm the quality of the data. I think that is one of the reasons that they moved against this. Now we will await, probably on monday, and find out what the decision is. I think all of us, based on that april 23 Supreme Court hearing, are extremely nervous about what might happen. Because if that question stays on, even with all of the goodwill and all of the work we do in the naleo commission, they are already getting an undercount in our communities. Youre going to get a worse undercount with this president to begin with, because of the fear. Then you layer on top of it the citizen question Citizenship Question. It could be catastrophic in states like florida, california, texas at the top of the list. They could be losing millions, hundreds of billions of dollars. California will probably lose two congressional seats. Texas will probably lose too as well. Host so, no matter what the census no matter what the Supreme Court rules, the census will go forward. It will be the policy of this organization to do everything we can to make sure everything on personbecause that is what the constitution saysit does not say citizen, or man, or white person, or straight person, or voter it says every person is to be counted. So we will do everything we can to be true to our constitution. Teresa, i had the opportunity to be on a panel with one of your colleagues last week. She was starting to explain how you are gearing up for this perfect storm. We are going to go out and mobilize our community for the census, at the same time that to super tuesdays are going on. The super tuesday that includes california and texas is march 3. Theres another one on march 17. The forms start to get mailed on march 12. Nonresponse followup goes through the end of july. By then, we are gearing up for november. Can you talk about how you are giving thought already about how to combine the Civic Engagement strategies, to look at both census and election outreach . Ms. Kumar we launched a Campaign Last year called somos mas. Last year it was our campaign our vote. This year we are doing our count. Naleo was one of the first folks who jumped on board. He identified it to do a digital program, and we ash we identified to do a digital program, and also be on the ground. By the end of the year we will be in 30 chapters, and by the end of the lie we will be in 50. The whole idea is to create a by the end of july we will be in 50. The more that we demystify the census, there is a sense of empowerment. [spanish] there has been such an urgency. More importantly, people feel proud to stand up and lock arms. Softd a soft alarm a launch in april. In less than 48 hours, without actually doing any paid ads, we had close to 3000 people pledged to take the census. That means that there is an appetite, once people are interested. In the places where we are tabling, people were saying i want to sign up for the senses and can i start tabling as well. And that is what we need to do, to give our people the empowerment they have earned. Because nothing is ever given. Look around. You are our leadership. You have been built for this moment. I recognize so many of you, when i started my career. To imagine that we were going to have a secretary padilla. To imagine that we were going to have individuals making these decisions. Because the census question is not by accident. Two weeks ago, they found one of the gop political strategists who passed away. On his hard drive, he was helping design the census question. On his hard drive, we are going to ask the Citizenship Question, to encourage and to ensure, that we have republican white congressional districts at the state level. We have the receipts that share with us the tension behind the census. And that cannot be that share with us the intention behind the census. And that cannot be up she skated. They are of and that cannot bfuscated. Skated o they are afraid of us. And my parents fought hard to make sure we could be in these rooms. This is actually what we know how to do. [applause] ask mr. Secretary, people naleo , how are you going to do census and elections at the same time . And i say well, if i get enough money from foundations, we will figure it out. [pointing to prospective donors] mr. Secretary, you have to do both. You are in charge of the elections in california. And you are just appointed the chair of the california complete account committee and how are you going to do both . We do not have a choice. It is our responsibility, and are mission. We are going to mobilize, register, and get out the vote. In the primary and in the general. And in between, we will work to make sure every person is counted in california. Moving the primary earlier plays to our advantage because in the past it has been an overlapping timetable, to do Voter Registration and getting out the vote, and the census. And nonresponse followup. Now we have an earlier primary, so we can focus on that almost exclusively. And then immediately transfer into census mode, if you well. And im already talking to, whether does philanthropy or employers or the applicable candidates, to keep their outreach infrastructure going. Celebrate or mourn on election night, depending on the results. But keep the phone banks going. Keep all the outreach going in communities through march, through april and all of that. And we are going to take to all the partnerships as well. I know that both telemundo and univision are here. Everybody has a role to play in helping communicate the important information. With or without the census question. We are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. Of why it is important to participate. What it means for our communities from a funding standpoint, and everything else. Host matt . Dr. Barreto we are in florida. We talk about the polling of the electorate and the state, and how we think it shaving up for next year. There is shaping up for next year. There is no doubt that florida is going to be one of the consequential states, as it is every year. Two pockets are especially important in the electoral community. Increase theto Voter Registration and mobilization in central florida, osceola, and orange county. As everyone knows, there have been huge influxes of u. S. Citizen puerto rican migrants coming into central florida, that were not fully reached out to in 2018. Despite the large increase in Voter Participation in 2018, there was a low point there, and opportunity. I think that is probably the most important opportunity in the entire state of florida. Outreach and Voter Registration and mobilization of Puerto Ricans in central florida. In south florida, we have seen dramatic changes in the Latino Community, from a community that was once dominated by cubans and foreignborn cubans. Large is diverse with colombian and venezuelan populations, dominican populations, and exit can population across the whole state of florida. The community is very diverse. The issues are different. I think the community here has the largest number of votes, and the largest place to be impactful. So we are looking at issues of persuasion, of talking to people about the candidates. It is not just a republican machine in the community as it used to be. There are a lot of different opinions and views. I think florida is going to be very exciting. Not only that focus on Puerto Ricans in central florida, but to see the diversity. I hope all of the candidates have a diversity of campaigns to the Latino Community. That they have a strategy to talk to older cubans, too younger, u. S. Born cubans. They have a strategy for talking to south americans. That they have a strategy on tps and venezuelans and maduro. That they have a strategy to talk about it, and not just seed that ground cede to the white house. Lets see how specific they get. How targeted they get. Do they come and talk to us on their terms . Or, like some of the candidates this morning, do they just come and say buenos dias and thats it. I am challenging them to do a better job of understanding the community in florida. Or they can understand the different communities and come with a message of outreach. Then he will start to see the polling numbers increase and latino start to feel part of this. Ms. Navarro i agree. In miamidade, we speak over 112 languages. I represent the southwest area and the redlands. It is a very diverse community. Very fastgrowing, where you have an influx, when you start to see venezuelans coming. ,ow we have brazilians peruvians. It is not just a cube in miami anymore. Those days are long and gone. We embrace diversity here, it has made us rich. Like the mayor of miami says. Host how has been changing politics . Cubaavarro the areas that represented are now changing. Also political. Where republicans have boys had their base, the areas have changed, not only locally, but also in the state legislature, where you see the influx of people, especially to the downtown area. The state districts have changed and they have brought new people with our stories. Our stories of recent arrivals, their families brought them here whether on a boat like my family, or they crossed a border to make it here. To live here and a beautiful city that provides opportunities and allows us to speak our beautiful language of spanish. Secy. Padilla we have talked a lot about the political opportunities and synergies out there. But lets remind ourselves that it is also made up of elected officials. So from a new risk official side an official side, there also opportunities. An example of what we will do through my office in the state. A month before the election, we put out the voter information guide. Ecostatewide to every household with a redshirt voter. By next march, will have upwards of 15 million households that we are mailing too. That is not all 40 million californians, but it is a pretty good penetration. Incorporating that in a visible way in our voter information guide is one example. You can email directly to voters. Revolutionary, right . By next march, well have around 10 million email addresses for voters in california. Not everybody, but good penetration. Whether youre a state official, a city official, school board member, a Community College trustee, or an employee of a state department or agency or local government entity. I am sure there is some Communications Mechanism we can all exercise and leverage to ensure we are promoting the census. Host what other parts of the country you think will be especially important to mobilize latino voters . Of the workor a lot we are interested in, you mentioned absolutely florida. In my opinion, texas is ground zero. I am from california and drew up under popular proposition 187 and that mobilized the Latino Community. Texas not only has someone in the administration, but also someone in the governors office. And we have the perfect storm of anillion latino youth and additional team. Almost 2. 5 million latinos under 29 who are unregistered. They are listening to the stories of disenfranchisement from their parents every day. They are seeing and witnessing their friends being harassed for the color of their skin. They need those messages of mobilization. The beauty of these young people is that they understand the sacrifice their parents have made. At the same time, they feel very american. This idea of someone telling them that they are not, they are fighting against that. We need to give them the information and the tools, so they can do it for themselves. One of the things we created was an app called voter power, that allows for peer to peer Voter Registration. Seeinge going to be census messages from us immediately once they register with us. Peertopeer communication, we would be doing a lot to empower them with information. They are the nodes of leadership in our communities and in their families. They are the ones who help us dispel myths. They create information. They do not want to do it sitting down. In texas, one out of six who cast a ballot last time were young is definitely changing. At lower rateste than lower voters older voters. That is always going to be the case. Age to 18,ered the the turnout was like 20 . There are drastic events and they have not solved that problem. What it takes is outrage and work outreach. It takes a confidence and a trusted there is a candidate someone is going to, and actually fix something. It is accommodation of community groups, the work the latinos are doing. Groups like jolt in texas. We did see that. Young latinos have the largest change in turnout of any Demographic Group in the state. They voted at a lower rate than 55 and older, but they made up the most ground. That was one of the biggest reasons why texas went for from 9 margin of victory, trump carried texas by nine. O 2. 5 . Separated better will rourke and ted cruz. Beto orourke. Votes too move 250,000 make it a tossup state. It is predominately happening as a result of young latinos. As one of the most important stories, one of the states to watch. We were seeing this in 2018. This primary turnout in texas. Historic turnout in san antonio and houston. Also in the valley. Historictransfer into turnout in the november election. Closed be paying attention to what happens in super tuesday. If you see a huge increase, materializing, texas will become a state where there is political advertising. We havent seen that and a long time. The primary will give us that indication. And 2018, it gave us that clue. We did research identifying those ballots being cast. 2010mpared it to the primary and every primary election. We said how well did they predict the general . It gives you strong clues about the partisan makeup. When republicans had a good primary year, you saw that in the primary and general. We went back to 2002. They tracked very closely. We started writing stuff saying, you are going to see historic changes. Look to that in the primary. If you see that energy, there is going to be a chance. A lot of money moving into texas. That will change the political map if that happens. It will completely change the political map. People here will stop talking about florida. Texas has 30 electoral votes. It is a state republicans have to have. He it is not one they can maybe compete in. It is very exciting. The work latinos are doing. Registration, nothing is more important for my perspective. Dont underestimate the power of public policy. If you cant vote, you are not registered to begin with. The first year alone of omatic register registration, more than one million were added to the rolls. [applause] the simple deduction. If we know who it is who is eligible, latinos, millenials, who is the disproportionate to fishery . That is half the battle. Having learned from our friends in colorado, making it easier for people to cast their ballot. Voting can go anywhere. To get together. We had the highest turnout in november. Since 1982. Predicting records in both the primary and general of 2020. Make sure we apply it to the senses in between, too. Briefly, by march 17, 70 percent of the eligible population will decide the president. Who is going to be the nominee. You wanted to comment on this. One of the final comments, a year from now, will be the conference. We will be gathering for a reason. We are a swing state. We will be a swing state next year. We hope the nominees will join us for another present your candidate forum. What do you think will be the headlines a year from now . Anything else you want to comment on . A to follow up on that. We have so many elected officials. I am a school board member. The most important thing we can do if we want to encourage people to vote is increase the opportunities for election departments to come into our high schools and educate students to be registered voters. The second thing that gives me pride. I have almost a 20yearold in college. Miamidade made the decision thanks to our great mayor in collaboration with the university. Voting right there on campus for our youth. Campus, if you have a Community College or vocational center, that is going to make a difference. Ahead, i pray the Supreme Court makes their decision. We have a responsibility to count everybody. If u. S. Me with the headline is going to be, we thought we were going to have a problem counting people. Overcome. Ng to no matter whether the Citizenship Question is in there. I am not going to live here 10 years knowing children were undercounted. Communities like my community are asking, how can i get a head start slot for my chart . Parents who come from all over, we did not count our children. The headline next year is going to be very simple. It is difficult. We were able to overcome every obstacle. Counted everywe community because we are going to leave no stone unturned. We are going to go into the barrio. Whatever it takes. A year from now, the census is going to have real data. We need to make this part of our campaign. Knocking on doors. If you dont have an election, i do. This to me, whether i win or lose, next year, the census is more important to me. An undercount affect my community. Because of everything you are going to do. [applause] final thoughts. Good news and bad news. We are going to be coming off of record rates of participation in the primary. Our backs are up against the wall and we are going to step up. The current occupant of the white house, when times get tough, he comes after our community. We have seen it from day one. Look at this last week. Comes upnformation that is not good. Just imagine how upset and worked up he is going to be when he sees the writing on the wall. I dont know what the threat or attack is going to be, but we know it is not going to be good. I hope we take that and embrace organizing andng mobilizing for november of 2020. [applause] there is no plan b. To headline i look forward our latinos are toeverything from the senses the turnout. In 2020. 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