It is a fact that Romney won the white vote by about 20%. The fact ALONE would have guaranteed Romney a landslide victory like Nixon in 1972 or Reagan in 1984 had demogrpahic factors not changed so drastically these last two or three decades. In my state alone-—California-—whites are now less than 40% of the population. Republicans cannot get elected dogcatcher out here anymore. But CA used to be a red state in presidential voting behavior. From 1952 to 1992 the GOP won every presidential race in CA (except for 1964). Changing demographics have since turned CA into a solid blue state. Ronald Reagan could no longer come close to winning an election here in CA with our current electorate.
Texas and California have exactly the same percentage of Hispanic population, Texas went 57.2% republican and elected Ted Cruz.
Romney won 59% of the white vote and lost many white voters as the article mentions, Nixon won 67% of the white vote, and Reagan 64% of the white vote.
Nixon also won 18% of blacks and 35% of Hispanics.
Romney was a 20 year failed politician, a lefty who was pro-abortion, pro-homosexual agenda, anti-guns, a bishop and cult leader, a lifelong anti-conservative, a weirdo who seemed out of touch with everyone, an isolated man who connected with no one, who had no conservative inclinations, no principles, and no reason to be involved in politics at all, and absolutely no reason for being obsessed with being president.
Romney and his 20 year political aspirations are still baffling.
People do not even know his politics, even people on this forum can’t tell us what his 2012 positions on abortion or the Boy Scouts, or the military were.