There is one thing about the right wing of the Republican party aka (Tea Party member) that they never think about. How do we win the White House. This is usually the last consideration, (if at all that they think about.) Most of them live in conservative states--where most of the candidates they select can win a district, or house seat, or even possibly a U.S. Senate seat--but if an election goes past the state line--they're blind.
A Tea Party member does not know that the Republican Party is the minority party at 41 million, Democrats are stronger at 46 million, and Independents make up for largest voting block in this country, representing 40% of the entire electorate.
For quite some time, a Tea Party member's only news sources comes from 3 or more daily hours of right wing talk radio, and political entertainment programs on FOX news. They typically know nothing else, other than what they have been told by these right wing talk show hosts. If they read anything it will come out of a right wing news site, which of course is written by the right wing. Any other news source is not believed.
They've been repeatedly told that Mitt Romney lost the 2012 election because he was not conservative enough. Why shouldn't they believe it, it came out of Rush Limbaugh's mouth on many occasions and probably several other right wing shows. But the truth is Romney's fate was sealed long before he even became the nominee. Accomplished by the Evangelical wing of the party dragging abortion, who's not going to pay for birth control pills, and what is "legal Legitimate rape" questions, which OFFENDED women into Obama's column. Republicans lost women by double digits, younger women by 36 points. This is what secured a 2nd term for Barack Obama.
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The GOP's woman problem goes beyond Trump
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Regardless though, they didn't know they had a woman problem, they were never told that. They have believed for 4 years that they needed a more conservative candidate. So they found one. His name is Ted Cruz. They have followed him around cheered him on, donated a lot of money to him. Why? Because right wing talk show hosts supported him. "He's conservative enough to win the White House, they think." Ted Cruz would never win Independents or women. He has a far right stance on abortion. This country is center, it always has been, it always will be. Ted Cruz also has another huge problem. He was born in Canada. Now certainly the Tea Party knows that for 4 long years they, along with right wing talk show hosts, and Donald Trump hounded Obama for a birth certificate. He finally produced one showing himself born on U.S. soil, to shut them up. What does the Tea Party do next? They put up a candidate to run for POTUS that was born in Canada. This has to come from a group that is so politically inept--to actually believe that there would be no blow back by supporting a candidate that was actually born in Canada.
So enter Donald Trump. He and his supporters have already managed to chase off another 17% of the population, when Republicans needed at least 46% of this block to win the White House. They are now solidly in the Democrat column. Trump is polling at a negative 75% with Hispanics.
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So you have the largest voting block (women) that were chased off in 2012, which secured a 2nd term for Barack Obama. Now in 2016 another large voting block (Hispanics) are now in the Democrat column.
It doesn't matter who the GOP nominee is now--the Tea Party has already rino'd itself right into a Hillary Clinton Presidency before the first primary ballot was even cast. And frankly with these numbers it would not surprise me to see Republicans lose the Senate and a ton of seats in the house. What the Trump supporter failed to realize is that Republicans across the entire southwest of this country depend on Hispanics to win elections. Without them, they lose.
The GOP will win if they STOP dividing the country according to race. In other words, don't treat people as Hispanics, or white, or black, etc. In other words, don't be racist like the Left is racist. Instead, embrace policies that ALL Americans can embrace, like lower taxes and border security and more jobs, etc.
And yes, embrace genders. There really is such a thing as male and female. In addition, there are difference between male and female, that is, unless you are science deniers like the looney Left.
Its not the republicans that are dividing the country by race, that is the tactic of the dems and libs, always has been. The rest of your post is right on.
I disagree. I think a large number of them are very much concerned with such things as the "Hispanic vote".
Then again, a large number of them, like McCain, are really racist Dims.
If the GOP loses it will be because they failed to repeal and replace Obamacare like they promised.
being concerned about the Hispanic vote is not dividing the country by race. But since you brought that up, a majority of legal Hispanic citizens support strong immigration laws and deportation of illegal criminals. Trump's policies are helping legal Hispanic americans and they understand that.
