Posted on 07/02/2022 4:12:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The adage "be careful of what you wish for, you may just get it" most certainly applies to recent efforts by black political leaders to expand ballot access. Their reasoning seems alluring: voting has been their ticket to progress, and the more blacks who vote, the greater the progress. A corollary is that such expansion would also help their political allies, notably Hispanics and other minorities of color, and thus build a mighty coalition. Moreover, open borders bring more Hispanics, and this will, eventually, swell yet further this alliance which, it is assumed, will be led by blacks.
Reality may be a disaster for blacks. For one, expanding ballot access by easier absentee voting and the like will likely have minimal impact on black turnout, since black non-voters are disproportionately less-educated, disproportionally poor, less interested in politics, and often legally barred from voting due to felony convictions. Banning personal ID requirements and similar measures will have scant impact on this apathetic group.
By contrast, today’s low Hispanic turnout is bound to increase without hard political battles. Among Hispanics, growing U.S. citizenships, increased education, moving up economically, population aging, and especially learning English all will promote higher turnout. Thanks to their current low turnout, Hispanics have lots of “headroom” to expand their political clout and demographic forces will outweigh tweaking voting laws. The future of American “minority politics” is Hispanic, not African American.
There are other Hispanic electoral advantages. Just observe Hispanic officeholders -- though many have distinctive Spanish origins and names via immigrant parents or grandparents, and speak fluent Spanish, they are often physically almost or entirely “European.” Examples include Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, plus countless others such as Representative Vicente Gonzalez, who hardly appear to be stereotypical “Hispanics.”
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What if the new, imported “have nots” don’t want to remain have nots that must grovel before the democRAT politicians begging for a handout?
Many left places where that was the norm; they didn’t come for an English-speaking version of the same. They want what they saw in 80s American movies, and understand they’ll have to work for that. Like non-Hispanic immigrants, the first order of business is getting their families safely away from black neighborhoods; they don’t want to move WITH them, but FROM them.
The message from the Rats is that they want to turn your kids into putas and maricons.
This is a 100% deal breaker for Hispanics.
Hispanics, despite being the biggest non-White group, are not the Left’s favorite non-White group.
And the blacks are not going to be happy splitting their handouts with the other BIPOCs.
LOL! Dream on.
I have to agree. From my experience in Los Angeles 2004-2020, Hispanics are not big fans of gun control and abortion either. They are not automatic liberals.
They are a problem for the left culturally; their views on gender are fairly rigid and while I have no illusions how many have left Christianity behind, they didn’t replace it with modernist leftism.
In a nearby city with a large (and growing) Hispanic population, all of the panhandlers are white or black; it seems just culturally unacceptable to Hispanics to beg. Many of the Hispanics are Puerto Ricans, so they aren’t afraid of immigration raids - they just don’t do it.
Probably half or more of the Hispanics have seen the Pelosie shove
I’d be burning about that.
What I have observed is the average Hispanic people are hard working and want to work. They have family that depend on them. Most of them have faith-based principles and believe in marriage and family. They have really great music too. Yes there are many gang members but there are gangs in every culture. That does not define the culture though.
LOL! Dream on.
I work for a company that employs lots of working-class Hispanics. Most are socially conservative and quite a few are Republican. The puta-maricon problem of being associated with Leftists is a big turn-off.
Oh yeah, an open border is a great thing!!!! Si se puede! /sarc
Riiiight. The average IQ of a border jumper from C.A. is < 90. These people will be a burden on society in the main and vote for socialists in perpetuity. Advice: clean your own toilet and mow your own grass.
Don't pee down my back and tell me it's raining. Oh yeah, her comes an army of future Republicans to save us!!
I have to say all of the Hispanics I have met in the past 20 years have strong family values, strong Christian faith, and strong work ethics- all character traits that run contradictory to the DemonRat party. Once Pelosi thinks most of those coming over the border will vote Conservative, I guarantee you that wall will be built faster than Joe Burden sniffing the young girls around him.
Are you saying you're for open borders? You're on your own there.
You’re the one that telling us how great Hispanic “migrants” are. Not moi.
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