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Why GOP won: Shifting white votes hurt Democrats
AP ^ | November 6, 2014 | By JENNIFER AGIESTA and JESSE J. HOLLAND

Posted on 11/06/2014 9:24:11 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

WASHINGTON — White voters of all ages were less likely to back Democrats this year than in elections past, helping Republicans nationwide but most acutely in the South — and overpowering Democratic efforts to turn out their core supporters among blacks and Hispanics.

In a nation growing ever more diverse, political forecasters repeatedly warn Republicans they must improve their appeal among minorities in order to remain competitive in the long term.

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blacks; election2014; elections; gop; hispanics; minorities; whites
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"Typical white people."
1 posted on 11/06/2014 9:24:11 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Yet those same white voters went for Mia Love and Tim Scott... Damn racists.


2 posted on 11/06/2014 9:27:16 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: ConservativeStatement

obviously it is all ‘our’ fault.....so glad we have a post racial country


3 posted on 11/06/2014 9:28:08 PM PST by Nifster
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To: ConservativeStatement

The mask is completely off the democrap party. Reminds me of the old Star Trek where the ‘friendly angel’ alien reveals his hideous true form.


4 posted on 11/06/2014 9:28:31 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: ConservativeStatement

One illustration:

In Colorado, Mark Udall all but ignored white men.

He ran well behind Cory Gardner with white male voters.

Democrats liked to comfort themselves into thinking that is just a Southern white male problem.

It isn’t - not anymore. The truth of the matter is the Democratic Party is perceived to be a party uninterested in white men and could care less about them.

The Democrats can no longer win with a coalition of women and minorities. They risk becoming irrelevant.


5 posted on 11/06/2014 9:31:50 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: ConservativeStatement

One story that has gone under-reported is the fact that of the 13 freshmen Senators, 12 are conservatives and their average age is 50.


6 posted on 11/06/2014 9:39:48 PM PST by proudpapa (Scott Walker - 2016)
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To: MediaMole

Yet those same white voters went for Mia Love and Tim Scott... Damn racists.


You beat me to it.


7 posted on 11/06/2014 9:40:54 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: proudpapa

I’m slightly older.

The Democrats have a problem not only with white males but also with older voters.


8 posted on 11/06/2014 9:41:24 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Like it or not, there is a kernel of truth in this gibberish.

White Male Voters “Get it”, by a comfortable margin (53-47 and sometimes higher), for now.

Most White Female voters opt for marxist ideology (52-48 or even more), and although that is only by a few percentage points at this time, it is sufficient to swing elections in either direction.

Minorities always tend towards marxist ideologies (Blacks are 90%+ for dems, Hispanics 57%+ roughly for dems).

This trend is not improving the outlook for the future of this country at this point in time going forward.

I personally predicted the left would continue to hold power in the Senate after the midterms and I am happy to admit I was wrong. That does not mean that the trends going forward bode well for the future of this country, and we'll see how things play out 2 years from now when the bulk of voters come out to renew their benefits.

9 posted on 11/06/2014 9:42:33 PM PST by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: SpaceBar

Good analogy.


10 posted on 11/06/2014 9:43:10 PM PST by Salamander (People will stare. Make it worth their while.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Aways Whiteys fault


11 posted on 11/06/2014 9:45:42 PM PST by mylife
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To: ConservativeStatement

Ah. Whitey’s Fault.


12 posted on 11/06/2014 9:49:00 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ConservativeStatement

The marxists, sex perverts,baby killers , and weirdos that comprise the democrat party have declared war on whites and the productive class of all races.

Their intent is to steal our money and waste it on stupid parasites and government apparatchiks.

Unless and until the true RIGHT WING starts to hunt the marxists down and send them back into the shadows, they will continue to try and undermine real Americans.

Now allied with the country clubbers and blue bloods running the GOP, they intend to bring in and enfranchise tens of millions of useless degenerate parasite illegal aliens.

The battle for control of America continues.

NO “IMMIGRATION REFORM”

COMMUNISTS OUT!!!!!!!

ILLEGAL ALIENS OUT!!!!


13 posted on 11/06/2014 9:50:23 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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Damn whitey.

Still clinging to their God, Guns and bibles!

Always out there looking to make blacks and other minorities get hosed when trying to enter the school house door, go to the back of the bus, use separate bathrooms, drink out of the separate drinking fountain......oops that was 60 years ago in the DemocRAT South - DUH!!!!!

14 posted on 11/06/2014 9:52:32 PM PST by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Pox

White women are swing voters.

Blacks and Hispanics are a lock for the Democrats.

I have long maintained conservatives owe the GOP no loyalty. We should not be chasing the party; they should be courting us.

We’re like the Blacks and Hispanics are for the Democrats in that Republicans take us for granted.


15 posted on 11/06/2014 9:52:54 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

only a matter of time before the left throws white women off the bus


16 posted on 11/06/2014 9:53:38 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

My point is demographics is not destiny.

They will come if the message is widely appealing.

You don’t need to reach people to vote - if they don’t like what you offer, suck it up and move on.

Those who share your vision will be on board.


17 posted on 11/06/2014 9:56:14 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Pox
That does not mean that the trends going forward bode well for the future of this country,

Because nothing can be done to reverse "the trends"?.

Hunt down every illegal aliens like a dog and deport their asses, jail the marxists in Congress (90% of them are up to their necks in corruption), Abolish the Anchor Baby law, and allow legal immigration only from Europe for about 50 years.

We're just supposed to let the communists change the racial demographic of the country more than they already have ?

It's inevitable?

That's an insane proposition.

18 posted on 11/06/2014 9:58:34 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: goldstategop

That’s the point! Dems can not win on minorites alone, they basically have to win with a solid number of whites and high number of minorities. Well the thing is that those number of whites (middle class working family) are abandoning the dems more and more and the numbers are making it hard for Dems. Obama could get a high rate of minorities, especially blacks to vote for him and Dems on the ballot but ‘no Obama’ in mid-terms and coming 2016 presidential election means that its very unlikely that the Dems are going to get that same high amount of minorities to cover for losing white democrat voters.

2016 is ripe for an conservative to channel similarly to what Reagan was doing by going after those ‘Reagan Democrats’ middle-class families back in those days. With the bad economy and malaise going around I think a conservative could increase turnout but you can’t do that with a RINO like Christie or Jeb or some other


19 posted on 11/06/2014 10:01:34 PM PST by Bigtigermike
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To: goldstategop

I really don’t understand how any straight man would vote Democrat. When I meet a man and politics come into the conversation and he mentions he votes Democrat my Gaydar immediately goes off. One guy told me one time he voted for Obama, but not the first time, but the second time. The look on my face was priceless. He started stumbling and bumbling saying “so Obama could finish doing what he started in his second term.” I said” you mean finish destroying this country”. Dumb stupid lib didn’t realize being dumb and stupid would affect how women perceive whether you’re gay or not. My conclusion, metro sexual or confused about his masculinity.


20 posted on 11/06/2014 10:01:51 PM PST by healey22
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