Interesting in theory.
Texas has four new seats, three of which are supposedly based on Hispanic influx. Those EC votes will go to Romney. The South is gaining EC influence at the expense of the North and Rust belt. The South also (not coincidentally) has the largest influx from our Southern Border.
To the extent this theory is true, it operationally benefits Republicans.
“To the extent this theory is true, it operationally benefits Republicans”
For a few more election cycles maybe..demographics are going against Conservatives in general and Republicans in particular...
“Texas has four new seats, three of which are supposedly based on Hispanic influx. Those EC votes will go to Romney.”
Within 25 years, when the children of all those millions of “[illegal] Hispanic influx” into Texas come-of-voting-age, to which part are those electoral college votes going to go?
Hint:
The exact same fate of California awaits Texas — and any other state in which Hispanics congregate…
Case in point:
New Mexico — once considerably more conservative than today, NM has now become the second “white minority” state in which Hispanics are at or near the majority. And NM is becoming increasingly “blue”.
Arizona is holding out for the moment, but won’t be able to do so forever.
What we are seeing in the southwest, from California to Texas, is the “emerging Atzlan”. That portion of the country is destined to be majority Hispanic, as much as certain portions of Western Europe will eventually become Islamic...