"...I have long been skeptical of "Permanent [Republican/Democratic] Majority" theories, and the argument we've worked on rebutting here is a classic example of why we are skeptical. These theories are premised upon a static analysis of present trends, extrapolated out over decades. But history is replete with examples of such trends abruptly ceasing, or reversing. In 1928 you would have been laughed at for suggesting that, in 40 years, a Southern Democratic President would end Jim Crow, and blacks would vote 90% Democrat for the 40 succeeding years. In 1960, you would have been ridiculed for suggesting that a Republican would carry white Catholics fifty years later."
Yeah this writer finally makes a point that I’ve been repeating to friends for years. Even Latinos (citizens) come out in favor of tougher immigration restrictions on a regular basis. But the idiots in Washington (Dem and Rep) as well as the TV talking heads always assume that Latinos vote in a monolithic bloc and are angry over efforts like the AZ law. Their unwillingness to look beyond their ingrained trope kind of smacks of lazy stereotyping.
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