Obama's Big Hispanic Voter Win In Presidential Election Worries Republicans

Crabtownboy · Nov 8, 2012

I know, I know ... a whole bunch of hard-core folk on this BB are not going to like what this article says. But folks, like it or hate it ... it is the future--------------

Omayra Vasquez blinks and does a double take when asked why she voted for President Barack Obama. The reason for her was as natural as breathing.

"I feel closer to him," said Vasquez, a 43-year-old Federal Express worker from Denver. "He cares about the Spanish people."

Millions of Hispanic voters seconded that emotion Tuesday with resounding 71 percent support for Obama, tightening Democrats' grip on the White House and putting Republicans on notice that they must seriously court the nation's largest minority group if they want to win the presidency again.

According to initial exit polls, Republican candidate Mitt Romney, who backed hard-line immigration measures, came away with 27 percent Hispanic support, less than any presidential candidate in 16 years and a sharp drop from the 44 percent claimed by President George W. Bush in 2004 after he embraced immigration reform.

"We could have won this election if the party had a better brand name with Hispanics," said Al Cardenas, chairman of the American Conservative Union. "I don't believe there's a path to the White House in the future that doesn't include 38 percent-40 percent Hispanic support."

Cardenas said Hispanics were only a large part of a worrisome trend in the electorate, which is increasingly comprised of younger and minority voters who traditionally do not back Republicans. If the 1980 electorate looked like the 2012 version, he added, Jimmy Carter would have defeated Ronald Reagan.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/obamas-hispanic-voters_n_2092492.html

billwald · Nov 8, 2012

Look at it this way: Hispanics have very large extended families and higher family values than does the average WASP family and care even about uncles and cousins. You all should be pleased that Hispanics and Asians are raising the Christian family value standard.

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