Posted on 06/07/2015 10:19:52 AM PDT by VinL
It comes as no surprise to me that Rand Paul does poorly with women. Most libertarians do. Pew polling shows us that “Libertarians are much more likely to be male (59%) and young (33% are under age 30) than are any of the other groups.” They tend to come across as unsympathetic, uncaring and rigid — like an ex-husband or stern boss. It also should come as no surprise that despite his ethnicity, Cruz is doing poorly with Hispanics.
[C]ampaigns could help themselves if they took a look at GOP pollster Whit Ayres’s “2016 and Beyond: How Republicans Can Elect a President in the New America.” ... Ayres (THE POLLSTER FOR RUBIO) makes a compelling case that the GOP can no longer win presidential elections relying so heavily on the white vote. There just aren’t enough of them. He explains, “The number of white voters did drop from 2008 to 2012 by about 4.2 million. . . . Romney won more white votes than any Republicans nominee in this century... Even if all the ‘missing white voters’ had showed up and every single one had voted for Romney, he still would have lost the election” By the same token, it is clear that doing as poorly as the GOP does with female voters (especially single women) makes it extremely difficult to find an electoral majority.
So coming back to Rand Paul and Ted Cruz, it’s evident that these two candidates — despite whatever efforts at “outreach” — are restricting, not expanding their appeal. The GOP cannot win by relying so heavily on white males, and yet that’s precisely whom these two appeal to..
Ayres argues that to expand beyond its traditional base, the GOP needs to, among, other things, eschew “ideological rigidity” ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
She is an evil little self-obsessed shrew.
Well, I don’t know, they both do pretty well with me.
Operation “Save Jeb Bush” is in full force.
Why Rand Paul and Ted Cruz have limited appeal
WHO SAYS?... Minion’s of Obama?... DUH!...
Are the Hispanic voters still falling for Obama’s BS about Michelle’s tamale obsession?
Queen of the Neocons.
Ted Cruz is a constitutional conservative- he is all about ideology- that transcends gender, ethnicity and any other particularized group from the Chinese menu that creates and informs Rubin’s world view.
She has nothing to do with Neocons.
Ted Cruz is very much Neocon in much of his outlook.
As long as the appeal is limited to 50.1% of the votong people, I am OK.
there is a kernel of truth about the libertarian thing not being attractive to women. the ones I know want government to be there for them, to care for them and the lesser off. it is this weakness that kills us.
instead of getting support from family, like it used to be, a whole new class of people look to the government, including white women.
of course, FR women not included.
I think it is interesting that so many people, pundits especially, are so concerned about Cruz. Why mention his appeal or mention him if he was a WEAK candidate?
Thanks Jennifer for giving us great advice on how to LOSE AGAIN!!! These establishment idiots are just as bad as the liberals. With the liberals at least I know they’re devious to begin with, but these “conservative” establishment Republicans have lied to our faces for decades, and still they can’t see that the “big tent” moderation they believe in is a big loser electorally.
That $34 million in Cruz’s campaign pocket says otherwise.
Oh yes she does.
It’s over 100 now.
Jen is in for a shock, as are all GOPe navel gazers.
“there is a kernel of truth about the libertarian thing not being attractive to women”
Kernel? More like a giant bag of buttered popcorn.
No doubt Paul has a ceiling, but he’s also got a built in minimum of support that makes him a player early.
Rubin’s blinded by the Beltway. Cruz does not have an upper limit beyond just being a Republican.
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