People think that the Hispanic vote goes to democrats but in reality the 1/3rd of Hispanics that are Protestant Christians are about 50/50 with the parties, with 56% of them voting republican in 2004 and 52% of them voting democrat in 2008.
That may be true but overall, Obama got 67% of the Hispanic vote and McCain (who pandered to Latinos and was a keynote speaker at La Raza’s National Convention) got 31% with 1% voting for other candidates. Latinos were 9% of the total electorate and that percentage will rise in 2012. Latinos/Hispanics are currently 14% of the population.
For the first time in US history in 2008 blacks voted at their exact percentage of the population: 13% of all voters and 13% of the US population.
Whites were 55% for McCain and 45% for Obama.
Asians were 2% of the electorate and they went for Obama by
62% to 35% for McCain and 3% for Others.
Jews (2% of the electorate) went for Obama 78% to 21% for McCain and 2% for 3rd Party candidates.
Persons listing “other race” on exit poll forms were 3% of the electorate and they favored Obama by 66% to 31% for McCain.
Starting out an election day with 29 percent of the electorate predisposed to the Democratic candidate is a significant deficit to overcome when you add in white liberals and white left leaning independents.
We all know those kind of numbers, what people aren’t aware of is that the numbers do not apply to minorities that become Protestants.
To keep repeating the same false mantra “minorities vote democrat” decade after decade is a misleading mantra that maintains the status quo and blocks analysis or constructive action.
Learning that the 1/3 of Hispanics that are Protestant voted 56% republican in 2004 and 48% republican in 2008 is a revelation to most conservatives and the information needs to get out there so that we can start pondering it’s meaning and how we can use it to help in our efforts to winning minority votes.