Latino Civic Group Mi Familia Vota Releases Report Cards On Candidates' Key Policies

Latino civic group Mi Familia Vota (MFV) is reportedly getting ready to release report cards that grade presidential candidates' campaign positions on important issues that affect Latinos.

"We're rating the priorities of the community, and we are rating the quality of the politicians at a time when we're facing so many attacks in so many important issues in our community," Héctor Sánchez Barba, the president of MFV, said, The Hill reported.

"Our top priority as an organization is to make sure that voters have all the information that they need from a trusted organization like Mi Familia Vota."

The MFV policy agenda is organized into eight categories, such as voting rights, the economy, reproductive rights and immigration.

Although MFV is best known for its voter turnout efforts in key battleground states, the new rankings are part of the group's effort to expand into shaping Latino policy.

According to the group, former President Donald Trump's grade has already been determined.

Barba said Trump will receive an F grade based on his presidency and Project 2025, calling the former president and Make America Great Again (MAGA) the biggest enemies of the Latino community.

Neither Trump nor MAGA support any of the policy issues the group addresses, Barba added.

The group has set guidelines for these grades in its 2024 public policy agenda, which has been shared with both the Trump and Harris campaigns. Barba said that Mi Familia Vota was talking to Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign to see if their policies align, but added Trump's past actions will likely determine his grade in the new ratings.

While it was no surprise that the progressive group was critical of Trump, the undecided Harris ranking showed that Latino advocacy groups want to have more influence in shaping Democratic policies.

Barba explained that the MFV's policy agenda covered all groups, from business to conservative to very progressive ones, noting that "it's an agreement of where we stand as a community, and it's an agreement of where we stand on the top policy issues."

He explained that the rankings would serve as a key tool to provide the Latino community with accurate information, noting that the Latino community is the most affected by misinformation and disinformation, which was influencing how Latinos and Latinas vote across the country.