Posted on 06/15/2009 9:19:17 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
The conference on the future of U.S. politics, convened at the American Enterprise Institute on Friday, has come and gone, leaving in its wake more bad news for the Republican Party.
I know. You're asking: "So what else is new?" The GOP has been taking a beating in the public opinion polls of late. What makes this particular set of portends scary for Republicans is that the conferees were not studying mere polling snapshots. They were dealing with demography—long-term trends regarding various voting groups identified by age, race and geographic location. And in politics, demography is destiny.
I'm going to highlight some of the findings as the week progresses. I'll begin today with race.
Here's the bottom line: As the white vote continues to shrink in America, the Democrats are doing a much better job attracting voters of African, Latino and Asian ancestry. Especially in key Electoral College states.
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Yup, and if Obama takes over the nations health care, Texas will be it’s own country within 3 years!
I think Texans are going to make it very clear. We are going to live free, with ya or without ya. Perry has hinted at this already and it will happen if Obama is not stopped.
Stockpirate said that CA immigrants will change Texas to CA lite. Need to remember all the uhauls from Michigan that figured the same thing, only to head back norte in a few years, THANK GOD.
I'm thinkin most of the CA drifters are going to LV and southern Utah.
Ugh.
Another one of these threads again. This is nothing more than cowardly psychological warfare, trying to get us to stay down when we’ve been defeated.
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YEP!
“Texas falling to the Rats = Bush/McCain legacy.”
Sometimes it’s not so important what a person says, but why they said it.
Your statement causes me concern. and disappointment .
“This is nothing more than cowardly psychological warfare, trying to get us to stay down when we’ve been defeated.”
That’s exactly what it is.
Unfortunately, by simply looking at some of the responses from our side, it seems to be working.
Concern? Because both of them were front and center pushing amnesty for illegal aliens? Including a “pathway to citizenship” (i.e., a pathway to vote...for Democrats)?
Ever heard of "the greatest generation", Ted Kennedy, the democrat party and the 1965 immigration act?
From what I can tell, there is a class of “Hispanics” who started out years ago with an old pick-up truck, a ladder and box of tools, and today are bossing their own crews. Those are the guys were need...
People need to separate the Hispanic Protestant vote from the Hispanic Catholic vote.
It is the Hispanic Catholics that are dedicated democrats.
We are going third world. I’m sorry I’m watching the death of America.
Only 2% of the voters in that district are Hispanic and I don't buy the 'consistent" 60% figure, do you have a source?
All eight of them?
Seriously, this is an issue of experiences, not religion. The Cuban-American community is staunchly Republican. The know what socialism-communism can bring, and they don't want it.
Kay Bailey and Cornyn and Perry have hardly been dependable. Texas apparently elected these people so they could schmooze with the rats.
Texas is a dependable state and a last bastion of American hope. During the last twenty years, no other large state is as dependable for the GOP.
We all know the GOP sucks right now, but this stuff is just MSM demoralization propaganda.
This demographic shift nonsense doesn’t play out in the results. No change in the voting demographics from 2004 to 2008. No change in the amount of Texas voters identifying themselves as “conservative” or “liberal”. And with a 45-15 conservative to liberal ratio, conservatives need only about 15 or 20 percent of the moderate vote to win. This is still a red state with no signs of change. Perhaps Dems should win one statewide office before it starts this talk.
This demographic shift nonsense doesn’t play out in the results. No change in the voting demographics from 2004 to 2008. No change in the amount of Texas voters identifying themselves as “conservative” or “liberal”. And with a 45-15 conservative to liberal ratio, conservatives need only about 15 or 20 percent of the moderate vote to win. This is still a red state with no signs of change. Perhaps Dems should win one statewide office before it starts this talk.
This demographic shift nonsense doesn’t play out in the results. No change in the voting demographics from 2004 to 2008. No change in the amount of Texas voters identifying themselves as “conservative” or “liberal”. And with a 45-15 conservative to liberal ratio, conservatives need only about 15 or 20 percent of the moderate vote to win. This is still a red state with no signs of change. Perhaps Dems should win one statewide office before it starts this talk.
Have you people forgotten that FR came from and is run from California?
“Plenty of Mexican-American Republicans in Texas.”
Very true. I lived in San Antonio for 4 years and found the Tex-Mex folks a lot less radical and leftist than their counterparts in Calif.
In 2004 Protestant Hispanics were 32% of the Hispanic vote and they went for Bush at 56%, Catholic Hispanics were 55% of the Hispanic vote and gave Bush 33% of their vote.
In 2008 the percentages for Obama was 52% Protestant Hispanics and 79% Catholic Hispanics.
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