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You're looking at it totally backwards. They came close and could have built on it, but chose to pursue the opposite direction and lost most of it.
They had the big majority of the Cuban American vote for decades (up to 70-80%).
George W. Bush had 44% of the Latino vote nationwide in 2004.
Pete Wilson has 47% of the Latino vote in 1990 in his race for governor in California. Threw it all away in 1994 when he went all in on Prop 187.
The question should be: What is the GOP going to do to increase their share of the Hispanic/Latino vote? Demographics are a hard, stubborn fact. You're better off trying to change your marketing and your product.
That 44% for Bush was just 40% for Bush in 2004, Kerry still won 58% and Gore 62% in 2000.The Republicans never win the Latino vote. Cubans are more conservative but it's a small percentage of latinos. South Florida is pretty blue.
The browning of America = a one party state like California
The Hispanic population loved W. He wanted to have them all naturalized, with the hopes of turning them into a loyal GOP voting block.
Well, Texas has a much more established cultural heritage with the Tejanos going back over a hundred years. And there has been a pretty well established cadre of Hispanic GOP politicians in Texas, to a greater extent than in California. Remember, more Hispanics are citizens than are non-citizens. Plus Dubya has stronger political instincts than people credit him for.
That 44% for Bush was just 40% for Bush in 2004, Kerry still won 58% and Gore 62% in 2000.The Republicans never win the Latino vote. Cubans are more conservative but it's a small percentage of latinos. South Florida is pretty blue.
The browning of America = a one party state like California
Well, again - what are you gonna do about it? Just throw up your hands and give up? Kind of sounds like electoral suicide. But that's not my problem. Heck, I live in California, I don't mind that.
Reduce immigration, legal and illegal, eliminate chain migration, deport the 17-20 million illegals, end welfare benefits that encourage illegal immigration.
My state will never be minority / majority thank god, but California and Texas will determine elections. We are headed in right direction finally but the populist, nationalist movement has alot of work to do.
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