Clinton Pushes Minority Turnout as Trump Tries to Rally His Base
By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN NOV. 3, 2016
Saturating swing states with powerful campaign surrogates and mobilizing a vast field organization, Hillary Clinton on Thursday intensified her public attacks on Donald J. Trump as a threat to minorities in the hope of driving them to the polls in decisive numbers.
In an effort to blunt any late momentum for Mr. Trump, Mrs. Clinton is moving to reinforce her position among crucial constituencies, including black communities in North Carolina and Florida, and Hispanic strongholds in Nevada and Arizona, to lock down the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
She and President Obama assailed Mr. Trump in separate campaign appearances on Thursday as an enemy of black voters, and warned that he could use the power of the presidency against them.
Mrs. Clinton’s efforts are most intense in a few large swing states where balloting is underway. Guided by data on millions of voters around the country, the Clinton campaign has deployed her top surrogates to areas where she needs a boost: Mr. Obama fired up voters on her behalf in Jacksonville, Fla., and Miami, cities where black voters have yet to turn out in sizable numbers.
Seldom have Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton’s divergent approaches to electioneering been on more vivid display. Where Mrs. Clinton has homed in on minority turnout in early-voting states, Mr. Trump has delivered a broad-brush message denouncing Mrs. Clinton as corrupt.
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