'Where's Bad Bunny?': Dems Scramble To Win Over Latino Voters

As Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris struggles to increase her popularity among Latino voters, political strategists have pointed to the importance of a potential endorsement from singer “Bad Bunny,” whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio.

Key public figures, such as former President Barack Obama, President Joe Biden, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, and Taylor Swift, have all shown support for Harris, as reported by OKMagazine.com.

“Where’s Bad Bunny?” political consultant Maria Cardona said. “We have to get Bad Bunny.”

As a major Latino artist, Bad Bunny’s endorsement could significantly impact Latino voter turnout.

The endorsement would likely impact voters in swing states such as Pennsylvania, which has a large Puerto Rican population.

Political consultant Maria Cardona emphasized the importance of Bad Bunny’s support, comparing it to a “Thanos-level event” in its potential effect on Harris’s campaign.

“Given the statistics on Puerto Rican and Latino men, young people who are supporting Trump,” Bad Bunny’s support could be “even more important” to Harris’s campaign than Swift’s backing, former Philadelphia councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sánchez said.

“Bad Bunny would give them that green light, right?” radio host Victor Martinez said. “That sense of, ‘Okay, if he’s for her, then it’s okay for me to be for her as well.’”

While Harris faces challenges in winning over Latino voters, recent polls show a need for stronger connections, especially after some reggaeton artists have endorsed Donald Trump.

“I don’t think it’s outside of the realm of possibility, but it’s not a done deal,” Cardona said.

There is no formal outreach to Bad Bunny from Harris’s campaign, but Latino Democrats hope to secure his support, although Bad Bunny himself has expressed reluctance to engage in partisan politics.

His activism has primarily focused on issues specific to Puerto Rico rather than aligning with specific political parties.

“I don’t want to get involved in politics,” Bad Bunny recently said. “Politics gets involved in my life. Because it affects Puerto Rico.”

“We have a saying, ‘When the U.S. gets a cold, Puerto Rico gets pneumonia,’” former San Juan mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said.

‘Where’s Bad Bunny?’: Dems Scramble To Win Over Latino Voters