One could argue that the Democrats have STRUCTURAL advantages over the Republican Party. Only once since 1992 have the Republicans one the popular vote in a presidential election (2004). I do agree the Dems cheat extensively. Because the Dem vote is EXTREMELY concentrated in one-party urban areas, they have ample opportunities pad their vote and engage in other forms of voter fraud. That all said, it is changing DEMOGRAPHICS that is giving the Dems their biggest advantage. Romney won close to 60% of the white vote in 2012, but was annihilated among the nonwhite vote-—primarily blacks, hispanics, and Asians. If you could somehow factor out Jewish, gay, and union voters from the white voting base, Republicans typically get anywhere from 65 to 75% of the white vote in any given presidential election. It used to be you could predict the outcome of presidential election on “the economy, stupid” to quote a well known Democrat strategist. No more. With the decreasing size of the white vote and the increasing number of people dependent on government programs as well as the decreasing number of taxpayers-—fully 90 million working age Americans don’t even work anymore——we can now say it’s the demographics, and the dependency, stupid.
Yes those demographics are changing but rather than try to emulate Democrats pandering we need to appeal to minorities in ways that align with our principles stated policy aims. The GOP in Texas has done an excellent job of appealing to minorities especially Hispanics without selling their soul on immigration policy. They also have a sizable number of Hispanic GOP officeholders including Ted Cruz. The Florida GOP has been historically successful also though they have slipped in the past few years. The GOP hurt themselves the most with self inflicted wounds when they embrace the rhetoric and the premises of Democrats and attack each other suggesting latent racism etc and clouding the immigration issue so much that it looks like the GOP want open borders and are the ones looking for near slave labor to make them rich. So they end up taking a hit on both sides and winning very little.