Posted on 02/10/2013 5:51:39 PM PST by neverdem
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Reagan's elections took place during the infancy of cable television (my parents didn't yet have cable in 1980; I think it was available in their neighborhood in 1983). CNN was equally young; the paradigm of 24/7/365 news-as-entertainment had yet to really get rolling.
There were also some journalists (print and broadcast) who were still relatively objective and not outright leftist shills. Likewise, there was also limited political discourse "online" via the BBS networks. From what I recall, it was even more staunchly conservative than this little corner of the internet.
Back when the news was delivered in small doses by independently-owned newspapers and by local broadcast radio and television, it was tougher for the left to work their propaganda evil. Things were beginning to change in 1980, but Reagan certainly benefitted from the lingering influence of the old system.
All that as to be one is to change the Republicans image to the new fresher younger cooler “thing” with young responsible attractive smart conservative family people while demonizing the young naieve irresponsible party or what they really are. It will take some time and effort to do but eventually the liberal atheist “thing” will die own as we see the fruit of their bad decisions and the fallout thereof. People just don’t get “it” until they go through trying times and hardships...
I agree the economy has had a big affect on in-migration, but that is temporary (I hope).
All that as to be done is to change the Republicans image to the new fresher younger cooler “thing” with young responsible attractive smart conservative family people while demonizing the young naieve irresponsible party for what they really are. It will take some time and effort to do but eventually the liberal atheist “thing” will die down as we see the fruit of their bad decisions and the fallout thereof. People just don’t get “it” until they go through trying times and hardships...
All that as to be done is to change the Republicans image to the new fresher younger cooler “thing” with young responsible attractive smart conservative family people while demonizing the young naieve irresponsible party for what they really are. It will take some time and effort to do but eventually the liberal atheist “thing” will die down as we see the fruit of their bad decisions and the fallout thereof. People just don’t get “it” until they go through trying times and hardships...
Unless Republican can recruit conservative minded voters, and run candidates who will inspire them to vote, we are going to end up with a permanent Democrat majority. The kind of voter demographic swings that have happened in the past aren’t in the cards for the future. The millions of Republicans who sat out the last election, or the people who think a third party is the cure, might have sealed the political future of this country with the last election.
He's made it worse!
Or Detroit, etc.
The article says the democrats can’t keep groups happy in a bad economy.
They just have to keep them angry. Blacks are doing terribly under democrat rule, yet they vote almost 100% dem. It’s racial politics.
Thanks neverdem. G’night all!
That Cuban jerk needs to back off!
The last 60 years has been simply a case of Republicans, when in Government, working to pay for Democrats expansion of Government.
That model is broken.
I want the non-Democrat party to instead work on truly crashing the Government and its dependents, before they turn the USA into Bolivia.
Normal electoral politics which had contributed, generally, to the historic "in and out" trends no longer exists.
The strangle hold of this pernicious tyranny that now permanently holds this Nation in it's grip will preclude any "in and out" not engineered by our marxist rulers and supported by the Soviet-likeclass of government bureaucrats.
Just as has happened historically elsewhere on the planet, "in and out" has now become "in and stay in".
“We are definitely swimming against the tide.
Every year 2.5 million (mostly old, white, 60%+ R voting) people die replaced by (mostly minority 70%+ D voting) people.
Two generations of progressive controlled education and the influx of illegals may be too much to overcome.”
The Repbublicans aren’t even a “national party” any more. They’re in the process of “shrinking” into a regional party, with certain areas of the country lost to them forever.
The Northeast, the Great Lakes states, the west coast, the middle-Atlantic region — all of these are either slipping from the Pubbies’ grasp, or already gone for good.
Although the Republicans will remain at the helm of many red-state governments, it doesn’t look good for them to seize the reins of power in D.C. any time soon. If ever….
You can reach further back into history for the demise of this “democracy” (actually, a democratic republic) to the direct election of senators.
I noticed that a congressman pointed out this week that many voters aren’t “invested” in America.
I don’t think property ownership and/or a voter test are in and of themselves outrageous ideas. There is no other aspect of society where “everyone is equal” EXCEPT for voting.
You mean all the places in the country that are losing population, representation in the House of Representatives, and in the Electoral College?
Then by all means, lock the GOP out of those areas for the next couple of decades.
Stagnation itself will have the remaining people there looking for an alternative. The only thing that alternative has to do is ask the question, "Are you better off today than you were when the Democrats took over here?"
Yes, but only half right.
Reagan also had 83% white voters, 11% Black voters, 2% Hispanic voters, and very low minority voter turn out.
Today, those numbers are 63% white voters, 17% Hispanic, 13% Black, with minority turn out that is high and growing.
Conservatives are usually stunned when they learn that Reagan would have LOST his 1980 election if the racial and ethnic make up of the USA had been the same as 2012.
Few people realize that Romney won a majority of young white voters under age 30, both men and women.
The problem for Conservatives is young minority voters.
For instance, young Black women voted 99% for Obama!
Even worse, in terms of population, young minority voters almost split 50-50 with young white voters.
White Conservative elderly voters are dying off.
They are being replaced by Hard Line Socialist minority voters.
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