For all his flaws (and I despise the guy), George W. Bush won 44% of the Hispanic vote in 2004. So I simply do not accept the underlying premise about demographics working against the GOP. In fact, I can easily see a future in this country where political parties successfully play off various immigrant groups against each other.
That's because he kissed their ass.
George W. Bush was a catastrophic presidency. “Winning” with someone like that is losing.
During the early Obama years, the governor of Puerto Rico was a Club For Growth Republican. Currently the non-voting Congresswoman from Puerto Rico is Republican.
During the early Bush years the President of Mexico was Vicente Fox, a libertarian leaning leader of PAN, the party of devout Catholics, small businessmen and libertarians. He was followed in the Obama years by PAN’s Calderon, the Alan Keyes social conservative of Mexico.
No need to mention Cubans. So Hispanics do vote Conservative on the issues ... at times. They are best described as Purple, neither Red nor Blue.
US Republicans are at an image disadvantage. In the 1920s Mexican Marxist President Calles tried to genocide devout Catholics and libertarians who supported freedom of religion. He assassinated tens of thousands of them. The Rockefeller Republicans and the Republican Predsident made a Corporatist deal with Marxists Mexican President.
The US Republicans gave Mexico what amounted to the WMD of that decade to finalize the genocide. In turn, the Mexican Marxist President gave the Rockefeller Republicans the Mexican Oil.
PAN are blood and ideological descendants of those not killed. Their image of Republicans is Corporatists making deals with Marxists.
Once you convince them that you are against the Rockefeller Republicans, you will be considered. Just as some Americans have stereotype views of foreigners so some of them have stereotype views of us. Find a way to overcome that.
In heavily Hispanic Hanover Park 7 precincts voted 100% * Republican several times. But between those victories, the Hispanics voted 100% Democrat against Rockefeller Republican Jim Ryan, who wanted to assassinate Rolando Cruz. It is “Republican” actions like that which destroy efforts to build a consistent Hispanic Republican vote.
*except 1 Puerto Rican on welfare who voted Democrat.
many whites are moving into the woods away from cities
Not that I like the GOP, I think they are nothing but snakes. They change the message and do whatever they need to do to get votes. They are a big govt corporate handout party. They don’t care about other issues.