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Since white americans only make up about 60% of the population now and the republican base(we know who they are and what they believe) makes up about 28% of the electorate will Republicans need to become more liberal to win future elections?
Since white americans only make up about 60% of the population now and the republican base(we know who they are and what they believe) makes up about 28% of the electorate will Republicans need to become more liberal to win future elections?
No. They need to run more effective campaigns.
That might not do it, look, White Caucasians make up the republican base and in another 10 years Caucasians will be the minority. How are the Republicans going to cross over to people of color to secure the presidency. Also will the conservatives vote for a republican that is lenient on immigration and maybe says early abortion is ok. Their situation seems very complicated going forward.
repubs need to cater to the hispanic vote. Some of their success will depend on how far left Obama will be.
Thats fine but I think young Hispanics that are now going to college and becoming professionals will tend to become more ideological, just like the under 30 vote has done in this election.
No, just court the ultra CONSERVATIVE Hispanic population. Based on the core value system of Hispanic culture, they should be OVERWHELMINGLY Republican. As a rule Hispanics are staunchly pro-life, anti-euthansia, anti-stemcell research, anti-gay rights, pro military and deeply religious. Every one of those runs counter to core Democrat party planks. At some point they will figure that out and be a strong Republican voting block.
Republicans need to get back to their basic core values....essentially....Hispanic cultural values....
No. They need to run more effective campaigns.
Republicans have no need to change their core values to be competitive. What they do need to do is to retake defining themselves. For too long they've allowed Democrats and a Democrat controlled press to pass the opposition's definition of what a Republican is to the average voter. The Democrats have defined Republicans in the image of the most extreme fringe and Republicans made the mistake of thinking that average people would know better.
The outgoing administration is to blame for the party's image. Because of the small but masterful group that's been running the party since Reagan, the image is one of corruption. The radical fundamentalist perception, which is also a problem, is a by-product of this groups sucessful attempts at rallying a powerful base through the use of fear. The party needs to rid itself of the corporatist, neocon power base that's stolen taxpayer's money and start from scratch. When your Vice President and Secretary of Defense refuse to cut loose of their corporate ties and get rich on taxpayer's money through defense and security contracts.... My God, It's a level and brand of corruption we've never seen. It's gonna hurt even more as this stuff becomes mainstream knowledge.
The outgoing administration is to blame for the party's image. Because of the small but masterful group that's been running the party since Reagan, the image is one of corruption. The radical fundamentalist perception, which is also a problem, is a by-product of this groups sucessful attempts at rallying a powerful base through the use of fear. The party needs to rid itself of the corporatist, neocon power base that's stolen taxpayer's money and start from scratch. When your Vice President and Secretary of Defense refuse to cut loose of their corporate ties and get rich on taxpayer's money through defense and security contracts.... My God, It's a level and brand of corruption we've never seen. It's gonna hurt even more as this stuff becomes mainstream knowledge.
It never ceases to amaze me that the liberals can pretend that they don't have corporatations and special interests groups that they suck up to. Do they actually believe that "we stand for the common man" shit ?
As I said.. You don't let the opposition define you. I also should have said that you don't give your opposition a voice in trying to decide what your problems are. That IMO has been a problem. Our so called Republican leadership has been trying to correct it's image in response to media and Democrat criticism instead of listening to the party's base. As to corruption, it's certainly not as if Republicans have a lock on crooked politicians. Bill Clinton purchasing a senate seat for Hillary ala pardons comes to mind. We really don't need to start the tit for tat on corruption tho, because we'd be here for three days. I really think the "radical fundamentalist perception" is far more of a problem than the corruption label you'd like to apply.
As I said.. You don't let the opposition define you. I also should have said that you don't give your opposition a voice in trying to decide what your problems are. That IMO has been a problem. Our so called Republican leadership has been trying to correct it's image in response to media and Democrat criticism instead of listening to the party's base. As to corruption, it's certainly not as if Republicans have a lock on crooked politicians. Bill Clinton purchasing a senate seat for Hillary ala pardons comes to mind. We really don't need to start the tit for tat on corruption tho, because we'd be here for three days. I really think the "radical fundamentalist perception" is far more of a problem than the corruption label you'd like to apply.
