GOP Pollster: Republicans Have ‘Run Out Of’ White Voters

[Lakhota]

By Benjy Sarlin

Republicans need to dramatically improve their standing with Latino voters or risk becoming a “regional party” of disaffected whites, according to a study released Wednesday by a GOP pollster.

“Republicans have run out of persuadable white voters,” Resurgent Republic pollster Whit Ayres and the conservative Hispanic Leadership Network’s Jennifer Korn concluded in a memo detailing the results of the study.

Resurgent Republic surveyed Latino voters in four states — New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, and Florida — and concluded that the GOP brand was on life support. Respondents said Republicans did not respect their community’s values and concerns by a 51-44 margin in Florida, 54-40 in New Mexico, 59-35 in Nevada, and 63-30 in Colorado. By contrast Democrats were seen as respectful by a dominant 67-28 spread in Florida, 72- 23 percent in both New Mexico and Nevada, and 76-20 in Colorado.

“If Republicans achieve 40 percent or more of Hispanics nationally, they can elect conservative Republicans to national office,” the memo authors wrote. “Settling for a quarter or less of the Hispanic vote nationally will relegate Republicans to a regional party with few national prospects.”

More: GOP Pollster: Republicans Have ‘Run Out Of’ White Voters | TPMDC

 

[Lakhota]

So, they've reached the bottom of the stupid white barrel. Funny...

 

[Avatar4321]

Well it's a good thing we are a colorblind party isn't it?

It's a shame however, the left is so good at convincing people we aren't.

 

[Polk]

The Republicans will have to hope the rest of the country looks like Mississippi and Alabama as the white vote as a share of the total vote continues to fall.

 

[Staidhup]

So it's once again a race vs race game? Sad to think some people still can't think, but then again thats why we invented the TV.

 

[Lakhota]

Sooo, will the GOP just start sucking up to Latinos or will they include sucking up to women?

 

[Lakhota]

 

[JoeB131]

Well it's a good thing we are a colorblind party isn't it?

It's a shame however, the left is so good at convincing people we aren't.

Sorry, colorblind parties wouldn't have come up with the "Willie Horton" ad or the Jesse Helms "White Hands" ad or the Corker "Playboy Mansion" ad.

Nor would it have a presidential candidate who blew the welfare dog whistle and openly joked about the president not being born here.

The real danger to the GOP isn't that working class hispanics and blacks have figured out they are full of shit...

it's that white working class people are starting to.

 

[Rozman]

Why is the left so concerned about the republican party?
They post every 5 minutes about how the GOP
lost the election.They offer their opinions as to how
the right can fix their party.

If they feel the right will never win another election isn't that good for them?...

They want the Republican party to move more to the left.
Why? Then people might as well vote for Democrats.

 

[Stephanie]

Lakhota, the ugliest race baiting troll on this board

 

[NoNukes]

Why is the left so concerned about the republican party?
They post every 5 minutes about how the GOP
lost the election.They offer their opinions as to how
the right can fix their party.

If they feel the right will never win another election isn't that good for them?...

They want the Republican party to move more to the left.
Why? Then people might as well vote for Democrats.

Because they are a large part of the American political system. Is that not obvious?

 

[JoeB131]

Why is the left so concerned about the republican party?
They post every 5 minutes about how the GOP
lost the election.They offer their opinions as to how
the right can fix their party.

If they feel the right will never win another election isn't that good for them?...

They want the Republican party to move more to the left.
Why? Then people might as well vote for Democrats.

I think it's more along the lines that we want a credible oppossition party, not one dominated by crazies who can't get elected outside the South.

I think there's a lot of merit to the GOP message of self-reliance, fiscal responsibiity and traditional values.

Unfortunately, it's currently being drowned out by the crazy, and not getting a good hearing.

Traditional values? All for them. Telling a woman her rapist's baby is a "gift from God"? Batshit insane.

 

[Stephanie]

Why is the left so concerned about the republican party?
They post every 5 minutes about how the GOP
lost the election.They offer their opinions as to how
the right can fix their party.

If they feel the right will never win another election isn't that good for them?...

They want the Republican party to move more to the left.
Why? Then people might as well vote for Democrats.

I think it's more along the lines that we want a credible oppossition party, not one dominated by crazies who can't get elected outside the South.

I think there's a lot of merit to the GOP message of self-reliance, fiscal responsibiity and traditional values.

Unfortunately, it's currently being drowned out by the crazy, and not getting a good hearing.

Traditional values? All for them. Telling a woman her rapist's baby is a "gift from God"? Batshit insane.

oh BROTHER...
You are one to talk about OTHERS AND CRAZY
You dump nothing but crazy on us here

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Jindal has the right idea: to run on reforming our educational system. No black or Latino wants to sentence their kid to a life of Democrat run, guaranteed fail, inner city public education

 

[JoeB131]

Why is the left so concerned about the republican party?
They post every 5 minutes about how the GOP
lost the election.They offer their opinions as to how
the right can fix their party.

If they feel the right will never win another election isn't that good for them?...

They want the Republican party to move more to the left.
Why? Then people might as well vote for Democrats.

I think it's more along the lines that we want a credible oppossition party, not one dominated by crazies who can't get elected outside the South.

I think there's a lot of merit to the GOP message of self-reliance, fiscal responsibiity and traditional values.

Unfortunately, it's currently being drowned out by the crazy, and not getting a good hearing.

Traditional values? All for them. Telling a woman her rapist's baby is a "gift from God"? Batshit insane.

oh BROTHER...
You are one to talk about OTHERS AND CRAZY

Yes, your non-sequitor answer is compelling- NOT!

So you really think talking about "legitimate" rape and "gift from God" rape was a winner for you guys, then?

 

[JoeB131]

Jindal has the right idea: to run on reforming our educational system. No black or Latino wants to sentence their kid to a life of Democrat run, guaranteed fail, inner city public education

yeah, except that whenever the GOP talks about that, what they really mean is "Privatize the schools, because that's worked so well with the prisons!"

The logic here is that privite schools that people pay for get better results than public schools that they don't.

HELLLLLLO. Of course, you are going to be more involved in your kid's school if you pay for it.

And you are going to be more involved if you live in a rich suburb that pays huge taxes to support schools.

How about this. We standardize spending in the schools. We spend as much on inner city kids as we do on suburban kids...

That would be real reform.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Jindal has the right idea: to run on reforming our educational system. No black or Latino wants to sentence their kid to a life of Democrat run, guaranteed fail, inner city public education

yeah, except that whenever the GOP talks about that, what they really mean is "Privatize the schools, because that's worked so well with the prisons!"

The logic here is that privite schools that people pay for get better results than public schools that they don't.

HELLLLLLO. Of course, you are going to be more involved in your kid's school if you pay for it.

And you are going to be more involved if you live in a rich suburb that pays huge taxes to support schools.

How about this. We standardize spending in the schools. We spend as much on inner city kids as we do on suburban kids...

That would be real reform.

I left Queens and moved to one of those rich suburbs when my kids were going to High School and middle school, respectively. I'd be just as involved as a parent in my kids education had we stayed, the difference is that here we have a faculty that listens to us and also wants our kids to succeed.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Throwing more money into a failed, broken system is a waste of money

 

[Old Rocks]

Why is the left so concerned about the republican party?
They post every 5 minutes about how the GOP
lost the election.They offer their opinions as to how
the right can fix their party.

If they feel the right will never win another election isn't that good for them?...

They want the Republican party to move more to the left.
Why? Then people might as well vote for Democrats.

I think it's more along the lines that we want a credible oppossition party, not one dominated by crazies who can't get elected outside the South.

I think there's a lot of merit to the GOP message of self-reliance, fiscal responsibiity and traditional values.

Unfortunately, it's currently being drowned out by the crazy, and not getting a good hearing.

Traditional values? All for them. Telling a woman her rapist's baby is a "gift from God"? Batshit insane.

oh BROTHER...
You are one to talk about OTHERS AND CRAZY
You dump nothing but crazy on us here

Well Staph, just keep up the crazy talk, and the GOP will go the way of the Whigs. From the Birthers, to the people wanting to have total control over women's reproductive systems, the GOP came off as nutters in the 2012 campaigns. Now they are coming off as the Grinchs that wish to reduce even further the wages of working men and women through Right to Work laws.

All that you people represent at present is the defense of undenfensable wealth transfer from the working poor and middle class to the very wealthy. And it is showing at the polls.

 

[Old Rocks]

Throwing more money into a failed, broken system is a waste of money

But still, the Kochs contribute to the GOP