The GOP’s Path to Victory with the Hispanic Voter

The Fiscal Times ^ | 5/6 | Eric Pianin, Rob Garver

[TangledUpInBlue]

Recapturing the same level of Hispanic support that George W. Bush enjoyed is central to any successful Republican presidential bid, said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster and author of a new book, 2016 and Beyond: How Republicans Can Elect a President in the New America.

Ayres, who is working for Marco Rubio, said it’s obvious that Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the country and will hold increasing influence with every passing presidential election, especially in a number of swing states like Florida, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and ultimately Texas. “So gaining a significantly larger share of the Hispanic vote than Mitt Romney was able to do in 2012 will be absolutely critical for any Republican nominee in 2016,” he said in an interview Tuesday.

Ayres said that Republicans would need close to a majority – at least 45 percent of the Hispanic vote -- to win. So being able to identify closely with the Hispanic community is a major asset to a Republican contender.

[TangledUpInBlue]

Hmmmmmmm

[TangledUpInBlue]

It’s probably best, up front, to dispense with Ted Cruz. The only one of the three who doesn’t speak Spanish, Cruz is a hardliner on immigration and, according to most analysts, isn’t likely to inspire much loyalty among Latino voters. If this guy is right, that's awful, awful news.

[skeeter]

Bottom line, of course, is republicans can't win a larger share of the hispanic vote until we agree to exempt latinos from the immigration laws and restrictions that apply to everyone else.

Sorry, no sale.

[DoughtyOne]

New Book, 2016 How to Lose Then and Beyond...

[jsanders2001]

You compromise, you fail their test and you don’t get their vote. They want someone to keep out the “other illegal immigrants” once they’re settled in and are comfy here.

[central_va]

If you change your core beliefs or foundational principles to attract any “group” then you are a corrupt person or party.

[Vigilanteman]

How many special minorities with special rights can a country as big and diverse as ours accommodate?

What makes "Hispanic" a special race classification and not "Italian", "French", "Polish", "Jewish", "Mormon" or any other number of groups which suffered discrimination in the past?

[jmaroneps37]

Yeah just promise them more free stuff than the Democrats do; of course that will chase away more of us than it will attract them, but hey the New York Times will love them.

[skeeter]

We cannot survive unless we are all held to the same standards. Period.

[Vigilanteman]

Common sense for everyone except the Libtards in charge of Balkanization.

[skeeter]

Libtards and chamber-pandering greed bags like Jeb Bush.

[LeonardFMason]

I would rather spend dollars and effort with Latino/Hispanic voters and completely abandon ANY effort at the Black voter. It is a complete waste of time, effort, and money. I would let them know it too. What will happen? Instead of 94% of the black vote going to their plantation owners(Democrats)they get 98%?