Non-white Republicans in Iowa say there's opportunity to win more votes like theirs

Michael Johnson, Jamila Jones and Yarelis Bogdanoff each have something in common: They're Republicans of color living in Iowa.

Each of them backed a different candidate in Monday night's caucuses — Jones was a caucus captain for Donald Trump, who won; while Bogdanoff backed little-known pastor Ryan Binkley and Johnson was a captain for Ramaswamy, who suspended his campaign on caucus night. But they all share another ultimate goal: making sure a Republican is in the White House after November's election.

Minority voters aren't a huge part of the Republican base and made up a fraction of caucusgoers on Monday, according to entrance polls, but President Joe Biden is having his own issues with non-white supporters.

His approval rating has dropped among Black Americans since he took office and reports from 538 show an even larger decline among Hispanic voters.

Johnson told ABC News' Alex Presha that he felt not enough had been done by Republicans to engage minority voters, though there is an opportunity to persuade some of them.

«I've taken on a responsibility to be able to bring some of my family over, you know, because a lot of my African families are just Democrats by default,» Johnson said, adding, «So I just feel like the GOP in general is not doing that when it comes to the minority overall.»

Mary Campos and Wayne Ford have taken on that responsibility to educate, too — for decades, working to unify Iowans and educate non-white communities about candidates from all parties.

Campos — a 95-year-old Mexican immigrant who emigrated to the United States as a child — and Ford — who has lived in Iowa since moving from Washington, D.C. in the late 1970s — are the organizers behind the Black and Brown Presidential Forum in Iowa.

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