Hayworth's district is aboutt 43% Republican, 30 odd% Dem and the remainder being Independents, isn't it. Could it be that Hayworths hardline rheoteric sent the Independents in to Mitchell camp?
If Iraq war and Stem cell research, other Republicans in Arizona house delegation would have been in trouble but the only ones there were candidates that were using Immigration as their sole election platform. The evidence is compelling, however you may tend to ignore it.
Tancredo's margin has been shrinking, even though he is in a pretty Republican district.
'Immigration was not the main issue in this campaign no matter how much you stomp your foot and get red in the face.'
A hard line on Immigration is not a guaranteed vote winner for the Republian party no matter how much stomp your foot and get red in the face. It is clearly evident that this issue does not help the party as the one issue deluded voters think it is.
I have no idea as to the party split by registration. Read my posts #56 and #63. Those are my views on why Hayworth lost.
A hard line on Immigration is not a guaranteed vote winner for the Republian party no matter how much stomp your foot and get red in the face. It is clearly evident that this issue does not help the party as the one issue deluded voters think it is.
The issue is not going away. See my post #122. I am not a one issue voter. Illegal immigration has a widespread impact on our society affecting almost everything ranging from national security to the economy to the educational system to health care to the penal system to the state of our infrastructure to the entitlement programs. We cannot continue to absorb these huge, unprecedented numbers of self-selected immigrants, most of whom are the poor and undeducated of Latin America.