Pollster: Republicans Will Need Record Minority Support To Win In 2016
Good luck with that.
GOP pollster Whit Ayres told the Huffington Post that Republicans “will have to attract a record percentage of minorities to win the presidency in 2016.”
Said Ayres: “That’s the stunning part for me in running these numbers — to realize that the last Republican to win a presidential election, who reached out very aggressively to minorities, and did better than any Republican nominee before or since among minorities, still didn’t achieve enough of both of those groups in order to put together a winning percentage for 2016.”
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arc99 February 25th, 2015 at 16:08
So let’s recap shall we.
A prominent Republican pollster finds that the GOP will have to attract historically unprecedented numbers of minority voters in order to win the Presidency.
That would be the same GOP which championed and celebrated gutting the Voting Rights Act.
That would be the same GOP which is willing to jeopardize national security over immigration.
The bottom line is that the GOP will have to expand its strategy of convincing voters to cut their own throats to include black and Latino voting blocs.
Yeah good luck with that. Gonna take a wee bit more than rants about Benghazi and the birth certificate.
Brianna Amoré February 25th, 2015 at 16:20
Sooner or later the GOP is going to realize that alienating everyone that isn’t an old white man is a losing strategy. Of course, they’re too stupid and unaware to ever make that connection.
Mike February 25th, 2015 at 19:02
I’m not so sure…consider this:
Right now their strategy is paying off in the local races, i.e. House and Senate where a combination of gerrymandering and socioeconomic’s help support their goals.
I look at it from the prospective of representation….The right has the support of the 1% and religious conservatives, but also has a lot of fringe voters who really don’t share their vision as much as they hate democrats. i.e. Tea Baggers, Racist Supremacists, Religious extremists, et al. The Party doesn’t really stand for anything in particular but rather they’re against anything the democrats want.
The left has it’s fringe nut elements but generally has voters that truly support the “Blue” platform i.e. Equal right’s, Gay right’s, Separation of church/state, human right’s, et al
This is why we have such wild shifts in the presidency…think about it. Carter to Reagan to HW to Clinton to Dubya to Obama…it’s like the pendulum of a clock swinging from one extreme to the other….extremist politics works…so does alienation, it’s certainly a risk, but historically it has been effective.
tiredoftea February 25th, 2015 at 22:46
Good points, but as the Repubs have skewed far right, their politics is more susceptible to losses in national elections. This will only become more exaggerated against them. Their red state gerrymanders only artificially narrow the margin of victory if Dems keep their constituencies in Presidential elections.
Mike February 25th, 2015 at 23:10
I agree with the presidential election part, they’re toast. But I still think they’re play is to control both houses and be the party of no for 10 more years. Sow the seeds of discord and run a knuckle head like Cruz…luckily I’ll be retired and living in Europe by then…so it’s all up to you to make it not happen….:)
tiredoftea February 26th, 2015 at 00:35
Yeah, if they stick with that strategy, they will lose the state houses and the severely gerrymanmdered districts, tipping the state houses and Congress to the Dems. The demographics are not their friend, which was, I think, where we started.
Otherwise, I’m ahead of you in finding an expat country!!
Pilotshark February 25th, 2015 at 16:23
Well now that`s a happy looking crowd, think only one smiling is Mea, which maybe is getting the inside joke.
nola878 February 25th, 2015 at 16:47
Not to worry…I’m sure CPAC starting tomorrow will have all kind of outreach…just you wait and see. Progressives will be quaking in their boots!
Anomaly 100 February 25th, 2015 at 19:08
Way off topic: Are you going to the French Quarter fest in April? I might be down there for that.
nola878 February 25th, 2015 at 19:23
Don’t do a lot a Festivals, but would attend if you were there. Let me know.
Anomaly 100 February 25th, 2015 at 20:33
Works for me:-)
whatthe46 February 26th, 2015 at 01:03
you guys are killing me talking about home. i just talked with my family in new orleans tonight.
rg9rts February 26th, 2015 at 04:32
Gumbo all around
Anomaly 100 February 26th, 2015 at 07:42
I’m going because I miss my brother. His little girl is growing up so fast. I want to see her, too.
majii February 25th, 2015 at 22:01
The constant GOP/TP attacks on POC and this pollster’s results showing they’ll need the votes of a significant number of POC to win the presidency in 2016 reminds me of a sketch Dave Chappelle used to have on his show called “When keeping it real goes wrong.”
While republicans have been dogging out minorities, women, LGBTQ Americans, atheists, and others, they have been having a grand old time, sh*ts and giggles everywhere. This poll shows they need us to win the WH in 2016, but imo, they don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting a majority of us to vote for them.
Although they seem to think we suffer with Stockholm Syndrome, we don’t. It’s not easy for someone to forget when s/he has been mistreated, and it’s naive for GOP/TPers to think we’ll suddenly forget their vicious, hateful behavior toward us and vote to elect Jebbie.
FatRat February 26th, 2015 at 13:37
“When keeping it real goes wrong.”
That’s my girl, n*gga! I keep it real!
What Darius didn’t know is that Chris was a 10th degree black belt who started trouble just so he could practice his karate in street-fighting scenarios.
What ensued was one of the most spectacular ass-whoopings ever witnessed in the Atlantic northeast.
Fairypuff Phairypuf February 26th, 2015 at 03:42
Importing low income/skill minorities to vote against income inequity killed democracy.
Fairypuff Phairypuf February 26th, 2015 at 03:43
I can’t speak for the president but I can say that I don’t love America anymore.
rg9rts February 26th, 2015 at 04:31
Your boarding pass is at the gate..
Fairypuff Phairypuf February 26th, 2015 at 08:56
I’d kill myself today but it would make to many jocks like you happy. I think I’ll stick around for the revolution instead.
William February 26th, 2015 at 09:44
Revolution huh?
Well good luck with that one.
Scopedog February 26th, 2015 at 12:36
Revolution…heh heh…geez. Always the fallback position with you mugs, isn’t it?
Fossil1944 February 26th, 2015 at 05:23
Oh you poor poor baby.
Fairypuff Phairypuf February 26th, 2015 at 08:57
poor anchor baby? If you want to play that way.
Fairypuff Phairypuf February 26th, 2015 at 03:44
Democracy without borders is a bottomless pit of dilution.
rg9rts February 26th, 2015 at 04:30
ROTFLMAO
Fossil1944 February 26th, 2015 at 05:22
They are no better at recruiting then they are at governing. The lone minority group they have (angry old white guys) are dropping like flies.
William February 26th, 2015 at 09:43
Good luck with that. The way I see it the GOP has two choices. Divorce and disavow their party leader, or divorce and disavow any hope of winning.