Whoever said the foreign-born, including my wife, voted 100% Democrat? We do know that immigrants vote two to one or higher Dem. And 87% of the 1.2 million LEGAL IMMIGRANTS who enter annually are minorities as defined by the USG. Immigrants and minorities vote overwhelmingly Dem The more of them, the more the Dems win races.
But what that means is repubs need a smarter candidate who can appeal to more people. Winning is the only thing...Vince Lombardi. Losers, no matter how principled, have zero power to change anything.
So how do you appeal to them? By being more like the Dems?
You appeal to them by explaining in “simple to understand language” why republicans are better for them. Majority of immigrants arrive to better themselves. IOW to move up the economic ladder.
I have seldom ever seen ANY republican explain the economic difference between democrats and repubs. I was a solid dem when I arrived, rooted for LBJ big time over Goldwater. But I was not yet a citizen at that time. I was smart enough to figure out quickly how the democrats were impeding my economic progress through taxation.
On another issue...religion & abortion. Many of the immigrants arriving are not Christians. And abortion is practiced in every country of Europe & Asia. It is just an accepted way of life there. When a candidate such as Cuccinelli makes an issue out of it, he loses votes. Why make an issue of it during the campaign? It riles up not only immigrants but majority of women. Until there is a change in the population’s thinking on abortion, it is not a winning issue in most statewide races and certainly not nationally. Leave it alone. First get elected. Losing to democrats pushes the issue further back. Why is this so difficult to understand?