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The article also fails to mention the gains among minority voters for the GOP I'm 2014. We won the Asian vote, the Hispanic vote went from 27 percent in 2012 to 37 in 2014, and we got over 60 percent of the white vote.

the only issue is that turnout was very low in 2014. It will be much high in 2016, it very well could have been that the republican leaning minorities showed up to vote and the democratic ones stayed home.

But anyway, the author is directionally correct - demographics are fricking the GOP. What the article fails to address is...
* The potential for republicans softening their tone to attract a broader base. They did this in 2014, might not work in 16 though.
* Just what an utter failure the democrats have done governing. Yes, the republicans did just as shitty of a job when they had the mantle. But right now the democrats stand for nothing. Sure the republicans only stand against anything obama proposes, but its at least a policy. What ideas do the democrats have? Zip. nada. Nothing.
* Politics are fickle. In 2004, the conventional wisdom was that the democrats couldn't win the presidency, and a permanent republican majority - that didn't happen. Pundits like to make projections but reality is they usually suck at it.

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Posted by Hawkeye95

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Posted on 11/18/14 at 3:45 pm to Hawkeye95

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- Across the country, every major Democratic ballot initiative was successful, including every minimum wage increase, even in the red states.

The only exception might be the DL issue in Oregon but not sure if that was a democratic ballot initiative.
- Almost half of the Republican Congressional delegation now comes from the former Confederacy. Total coincidence, just pointing that out.

- In Congress, there are no more white Democrats from the South. The long flight of the Dixiecrats has concluded

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Texas now holds a tenth of the GOP majority in the House.

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- And that “Republican wave?” In Congressional elections this year it amounted to a total of 52% of the vote. That’s it.

Best insight in the article IMHO.

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This is an age built for Republican solutions. The global economy is undergoing a massive, accelerating transformation that promises massive new wealth and staggering challenges. We need heads-up, intelligent adaptations to capitalize on those challenges. Republicans, with their traditional leadership on commercial issues should be at the leading edge of planning to capitalize on this emerging environment.

What are we getting from Republicans? Climate denial, theocracy, thinly veiled racism, paranoia, and Benghazi hearings. Lots and lots of hearings on Benghazi.

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