“Mitt Romney could have won 69 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2012 and still have lost. Romney lost...because white turnout was too low, and because he didn’t drive outsized turnout from Evangelical Christians, among others. “
This is a REALLY GOOD POINT, but they could have taken it a bit further. There are also MILLIONS OF WHITES that vote Democrat today that just might vote Republican, if Republicans gave them a reason (like border control). Those are double-votes, as they take one away from the Democrat and add one to the Republican. But the GOP ‘advisers’ (most of them gay, by the way) won’t permit our candidates to talk border security...so those voters are lost to us.
Texas and the rest of the South showed how that worked in 2014, when Republicans SWEPT THE REGION, with a lot of help from white former Democrats - Republicans, at least here in Texas ran AGAINST Open Borders, and did so LOUDLY, so people knew where they stood. And, although the media will never remind us, the Democrats were supposed to be competitive in Texas last year, given all the Hispanics here...but the Republicans WON BY 20 POINTS and talked a VERY STRONG conservative message.
Do you think, honestly, that the 4 million plus Conservatives/evangelicals that stayed home for Romney would honestly turn out for Trump?
I don’t see it.