Ted Cruz the Latino Presidential Favorite

CNN's iReport ^ | November 29, 2014 | Deb Gordils

[2ndDivisionVet]

Americas population is booming with Hispanics and a half Cuban, Ted Cruz may just be this countries answer to fixing his Texan and Arizona borders. Who best to speak on immigration issues, afterall Cubans have been trying to get to America for decades and their value and contribution to the USA can not be overstated....

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

If Ted Cruz runs for president....and I hope he does so.....
I hope his legal name appears on the ballot....
Rafael Edward Cruz. His name should capture a bunch of Hispanic votes (hopefully).

[2ndDivisionVet]

It has to. Remember “James Earl Carter” or “William Jefferson Clinton” as examples.

[River Hawk]

If he runs, I doubt Cruz will garner the majority of Hispanic votes, because most of them like Big Government. But hopefully, he could galvanize the base, get a higher percentage of the white vote, and get the minority of Hispanics who are more assimilated and more conservative.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is not Latino, just garnered 44% of the Hispanic vote. Governor-elect Abbott is Senator Ted Cruz’s main mentor, so however he pulled that off will be passed along to the Cruz camp. GUARANTEED.

[reasonisfaith]

Actually, I don’t know much at all about what you think. But you did seem to describe a potential difficulty for Cruz—I’m only saying it’s very likely he’ll be able to address the problem effectively.

[River Hawk]

the problem is, Texas hispanics, at least up to this point, tend to be more conservative than Hispanics in, say, California. Getting 44% of that vote in Texas is not the same as getting 44% in the whole country.

[2ndDivisionVet]

If Ted Cruz can get the bare majority of whites (almost certain), a third of Hispanics and even 8% of blacks & Asians, he’ll be president. I will show anyone here how to raise money toward that end.

[River Hawk]

Maybe, depends on which states he carries and how many votes they have. the GOP needs to go for more than a bare majority of white votes though, if it means to stay competitive. Check out Steve Sailer’s analyses over at VDARE.COM, he’s been crunching these numbers for years, and has better advice than these unscrupulous campaign consultants who make millions telling Republicans to pander and then lose anway.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Didn’t Carter sue at some point to have his name placed on the ballot as “Jimmy?”

I don’t know if it was nationwide, or just in certain states or just in the primaries, but my youthful memories of those days seems to think that Carter sued at some point.

Anyone know for sure?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Can’t post VDARE here, but I’ll look.

[Chickensoup]

Didn’t Carter sue at some point to have his name placed on the ballot as “Jimmy?”

I don’t know if it was nationwide, or just in certain states or just in the primaries, but my youthful memories of those days seems to think that Carter sued at some point.

Anyone know for sure?

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He did and he was “Jimmy”

[Aetius]

Part of how Abbott did it was having what turned out to be a weak opponent. Davis was hyped by an adoring media as a great Democrat hope, but she turned out to be terrible. Another part of it was that 2014 was great, wave-ish year for the GOP. Neither of those are likely in 2016.

I think Cruz will do well to repeat his reported 40% 2012 performance when he next faces Texas Hispanics, whether it’s 2016 or 2018. He’ll carry Texas by winning over 70% of the white vote. Nationally I don’t see Cruz doing much better with Hispanics than the average Republican performance.

But I would love to be proven wrong. I still think the best hope is to drastically reduce immigration levels and slow and eventually halt the pro-Democrat demographic transformation. But that doesn’t seem likely anytime soon so I really do hope someone like Cruz can be a game changer.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Hillary is Wendy Davis writ large. Name one thing she’s ever accomplished. Just one. She was beat in 2008 by someone who should never even been near the nomination, a joke candidate.

[okie01]

Part of how Abbott did it was having what turned out to be a weak opponent.

True. But the GOP could learn an important lesson from the Texas results: The candidate's share of the Hispanic vote was in direct proportion to the strength of their stance on border security.

Recall that Dan Patrick, the candidate for Lt. Gov., actually won a majority of the Hispanic vote. He ran as a "border hawk". And he was running against a well-known Latina pol -- not a shallow single-issue blonde.

Legal Hispanics are working Americans, too. And they want the border secured.

[txhurl]

You sound so..... ‘concerned’.

[txhurl]

Sontagged updated me, it’s Wallace(s)-Schmidt-Cheney-Jeb-W-Rove-Schwartznegger-Perry-Romney v. Cruz.

The shills are coming out of the woodwork already :(

[libbylu]

Actually there is. The pro and anti-amnesty Hispanics are I think pretty much split in some recent polls nationwide.

[VRWC For Truth]

McWackobird, Grahanesty, and the rest of the gang of RINOs are deeply saddened.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

[Din Maker]

Arizona and Texas are safe GOP for 10-20 years.

In Presidential Elections, I would add to Arizona and Texas the following States. I believe they are safe for GOP Electoral Votes for at least 10 years:

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Alaska.

Now, don't ignore them in the Presidential Campaign, but use fewer resources there and put more money, and time, into States that can go either way like Iowa, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Colorado and North Carolina. Blow-off California, New York and Massachusettes. Don't spend any money or one minute in any of them. Now, feel free to tell me where I do err.