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Originally Posted by Robbie
Never said he didn't have a lot of white voters. You're missing my point.
If he already has the votes of 13.1% sewn up (blacks), the majority of 16.4% (Latinos) and the majority of women (at least 50% mabye more) right out of the gate...without any campaigning...it makes it kinda tough to beat.
That's a lot of people voting for him before he even has to try to convince everyone else. 
And it's the fault of the Republican Party Platform. They fill it with such nonsense to placate the religious right that it makes them an easy target. |
There was a really good article a while back about how the republican party as it is right now is headed for extinction because of these things. Blacks and Latinos are the fastest growing segment of the population and the young people in this country (those age 12-22) are far more liberal on social things than their parents or other generations before them. They don't have as many racial hangups and they are fine with things like gay marriage. Sure, some of them may change as they get a little older, but many of them will get to voting age with these things still in tact and the republicans are moving further and further to the right.
You could see some effort on the republican party during this election to show that they have diversity and minorities, but really they only have a select few. If they don't do something to change that it may just bite them in the ass in the next 10-12 years.
If Romney loses the election I bet in the next 2 years we see the republicans start to soften on some of the social stuff and work hard to try to court minority voters.