Quote Originally Posted by SarasotaSlim:
MoneySRH,
The national trend is that Latinos are distancing away from the Democrats...in a number of key races,in the midterm Latino's voted more heavily Republican...
That's because Latinos are more concerned about their own economic well-being than they are about other people coming across our border ..51% of Latinos identify today as independent.,..they are there for the taking.
If Republicans run on a platform aimed at middle-class families, working-class whites and improving the economy (jobs).. the Latino's ( who are closet Republicans anyway ) will vote Republican in much higher numbers in 2016.. .because the principals and the values of the Republican Party clearly align with the principals and values of Latinos.
The Hispanic population is a largely-Christian and very religious demographic. They are hard-working, very family-oriented, and tend to be moral... they are 'natural conservatives' so voting Democrat really goes against the grain..
Sarasota Slim, I thought wallstreetcappers was a Reaganite?
You wake good points, SS. I’m just speaking from my own point of view.
I watch Spanish TV and the Mexican media paints Republican Americans as a racist clan of angry white people with torches and pitch forks. This is the perception of the majority of Hispanics - I believe.
My wife born and raised in Mexico - my sisters husband was born and raised in Mexico - when politics is brought up in a large family gathering - the amount of vitriolic hatred for the Republican Party is extremely intense. Every Mexican actor and comedian speaks badly about the Republican Party.
Also, many Hispanics come to this country for government assistance programs - so, when you tie together the negative stereotype and the need for entitlements - it exposes the uphill battle that Republicans face trying to garner the Hispanic vote.
I can’t see republicans overcoming the negative stereotypes that blacks and Hispanics believe about the Republican Party.
I can’t see women voting for republicans because women believe voting for republicans - is voting for the Stepford wife role. I can’t see old folk’ voting against government programs either.
The only way republicans win the presidency in todays America is to nominate Kid Rock as the Republican presidential nominee. The man is a true republican through and through.
He would get all the votes necessary to win.