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[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by nik-

Unless the Hispanics vote along their religion. There's a lot of poor white trash that should vote for the Democrats as a result of economic policy who still vote for the party that sells them out to corporations because they align with their good book. I'd suggest that people coming from Mexico/Central and South America are in general more religious than the average American.

But their distaste of the old rich white men power structure seems to have trumped the religious card in recent elections, except for specific ballot initiatives like gay marriage. And by far the biggest issue to get the hispanic vote is immigration reform, which the conservative base is hell bent against (it's the main reason why Cantor lost his primary)

There's a lot of extremely religious black communities too that still never vote Republican

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

But their distaste of the old rich white men power structure seems to have trumped the religious card in recent elections, except for specific ballot initiatives like gay marriage. And by far the biggest issue to get the hispanic vote is immigration reform, which the conservative base is hell bent against (it's the main reason why Cantor lost his primary)

There's a lot of extremely religious black communities too that still never vote Republican

Yeah, I just don't think it's going to be as lopsided as people think.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by nik-

Yeah, I just don't think it's going to be as lopsided as people think.

Immigration reform is the trump card here. Whoever manages to get it done will have a reliable Latin vote for awhile. GOP can't be on the good side of the issue because they've already firmly entrenched their opposition. Dumb.

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by nik-

Unless the Hispanics vote along their religion. There's a lot of poor white trash that should vote for the Democrats as a result of economic policy who still vote for the party that sells them out to corporations because they align with their good book. I'd suggest that people coming from Mexico/Central and South America are in general more religious than the average American.

Obama won 71% of the Hispanic vote in 2012. Going back as far as 1980 (the earliest year I could find available data), the Republicans have consistently lost that demographic group. The closest they ever came was in 2004 when Hispanics voted for Kerry over Bush by a 58-40 margin. Every other election in the last 34 years has been even more lopsided.

http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/11/0...2012-election/

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by nik-

Unless the Hispanics vote along their religion. There's a lot of poor white trash that should vote for the Democrats as a result of economic policy who still vote for the party that sells them out to corporations because they align with their good book. I'd suggest that people coming from Mexico/Central and South America are in general more religious than the average American.

Most of the religious right are protestants and Hispanics tend to be Catholics. Fundamentalist protestants tend to have a pathological hatred for Catholics going all the way back the colonial times and the wars between England and France.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Most of the religious right are protestants and Hispanics tend to be Catholics. Fundamentalist protestants tend to have a pathological hatred for Catholics going all the way back the colonial times and the wars between England and France.

That hatred has mostly been shown in Ireland with the Catholics being subjugated by the Orangemen. In the 19th and the first half of the 20th century the Orangemen ran politics in English Canada and the States. That was one of the reasons the election of Kennedy was such a big deal. The secularization of Canada has mostly made this organization redundant.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

The sad thing for the Republicans is that they have a dream democrat in the office of the president right now, and its clear there is a lot of anger at Obama with his approval rate and the situation in the mid term elections.

But instead of being smart and finding a good candidate who is heavy on the fundamentals of government and the economy, they have been hijacked by the craziest element of society.

Hillary is unfortunately going to walk into the white house un-oppossed.

No matter who the Republicans nominate and no matter how crazy the Presidential election will be within 5 points.

It would be a good thing for Hillary to become president. Assuming her politics and leadership are anything like Bill's the US and the world will be lucky. Bill was one of the great presidents of the 20th century in my opinion.

[Coys1882]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

That hatred has mostly been shown in Ireland with the Catholics being subjugated by the Orangemen. In the 19th and the first half of the 20th century the Orangemen ran politics in English Canada and the States.