♪♪ And mostly whites.

That's how people call them, whites.

Oscar: We are going to move to the frontier between North and South Pasadena.

From here to 225 is mostly Hispanics.

Definitely you will see the quality of the sidewalks, the quality of the streets drop a little bit.

What I want to do, is change that.

That's what I'm going to do.

Oscar: I work from my house.

This is my office.

This is Houston and this little green part right here is Pasadena.

We are right here in this green dot.

We arrive in United States in 2000.

We became citizens in 2006.

When I became a citizen, I don't know why, but something changed in my mind.

I feel like this is my country now.

This is my community and I'm going to do my best to help my community.

Cody: I think that Hispanics have been on a different journey than everyone else.

I think that if you look at the black community there is a long history there of that community fighting for their civil rights and their right to vote.

If you look at those numbers, the black community really gets out and votes.

That's what we're working towards.

You hear this a lot, "My vote doesn't matter.

If we win they're going to do what they want anyways."

You hear that all the time.

I think it comes from mistrust.

For me, it was really sad on a personal level because we went out talking to them saying, "No, your vote does matter and we can make a difference."

Then when we won the election, then they wanted to redraw the district lines.

It almost validated what I kept hearing.

They moved the goal posts back again.

It doesn't matter.

They're going to do what they want anyways.

As we get closer to making this city more equal they're going to push back hard on us.

It's very sad, but we have to come back even stronger.

We have to come back harder.

Waitress: Hello.

Welcome.

Cody: My name's Cody Wheeler.

I'm a Democrat.

Are you a Democrat?

My family is one that works... Cody: This area here a lot of people don't speak English so we carry two big sets of literature.

One in English and then one in Spanish and English.

I think people really appreciate that because a lot of campaigns do not reach out to the Hispanic community.

We've got people that speak Spanish, making phone calls.

We're doing everything we can to try to get the Hispanic community engaged in this election.

Cody: My name's Cody Wheeler.

I'm a Democrat.

Are you a Democrat?

Do you usually vote?

Voter 1: No.

Cody: Why not?

Cody: Do you mind if I ask why not?

Voter 2: I just haven't.

I don't know.

I just haven't done it.

Cody: Yeah.

Have you ever had anyone come knock on your door?

Voter 2: No, this is the first time.

Voter 3: I have never voted, ever.

I don't really follow politics.

My life just mostly involves work and going home and spending the little time I got with my kids and family.

Cody: You usually vote?

Voter 4: No, man.

Pete: The Latino vote, it's been referred to as a sleeping giant.

In the 1980's I remember a big poster that said that the 80's was the decade of the Hispanic and then the 90's were the decade of the Hispanic and then the 2000's ... We're still really waiting for that decade.

It's just a question of engaging more Latinos.

That's the challenge.

Cody: Pleasure to meet you.

I'm actually a city councilman over in Pasadena.

Hello, Mrs. Heckler.

I want to stop by and let you all know I'm running and I believe that if I want to represent you, the least that I could do is stop by.

Cody: That's a very common response.

No one's ever come by before.

To me that's like, what?

No one's ever come by?

That's crazy to me.

Oscar: Pasadena.

Teacher: I teach here at Dobie.

A lot of my students don't even know that they have the right to vote when they get to a certain age.

If your parents didn't do it, most of the time they're not aware of it.

They don't know that they need to go do it as well.

They don't know what to expect when they go to the polling station.

They don't know if they are asked history questions.

They don't know if they have to bring some extra information.

Basically they say, "No, I don't have time."

That's not the truth.

They have time.

They don't want to say, "I don't know how and I'm afraid to ask."

That's my perception.

Oscar: Definitely it is going to be a challenge, but it's not one-day work.

It's like exercise.

You go to the gym one day and don't expect anything.

Next day, don't expect anything.

We're talking about in the long run.

If I can get one person to vote, I'll feel very good.

I think I accomplished what I want.