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Minority Voting If Rand Paul wins the GOP nomination in 2016
Posted on 3/22/14 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 3/22/14 at 12:36 pm
what kind of shift will we see in minority voting compared to what we saw in the 2004 election (2008 and 2012 are skewed for obvious reasons, especially with african american voters)?
hispanics/latinos
african americans
asians
women
he's put in a lot of time trying to show AAs that he's not your typical GOP politician. will all of this effort be worthless?
GWB had a pretty solid latino/hispanic support bloc. will this continue to shift towards the DEMs?
hispanics/latinos
african americans
asians
women
he's put in a lot of time trying to show AAs that he's not your typical GOP politician. will all of this effort be worthless?
GWB had a pretty solid latino/hispanic support bloc. will this continue to shift towards the DEMs?
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 12:38 pm to SlowFlowPro
You spin off threads a lot 
Posted on 3/22/14 at 12:44 pm to SlowFlowPro
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he's put in a lot of time trying to show AAs that he's not your typical GOP politician. will all of this effort be worthless?
Worthless? Definitely not.
But it might not pay off in time for 2016.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 12:45 pm to SlowFlowPro
Difficult to give a remotely accurate percentage without knowing his running mate or who the dems will put up.
I can see him pulling more of the younger vote regardless though.
I can see him pulling more of the younger vote regardless though.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 12:57 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 3/22/14 at 1:37 pm to SlowFlowPro
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GWB had a pretty solid latino/hispanic support bloc. will this continue to shift towards the DEMs?
Rand is the only GOP candidate that can reverse those trends in a significant way. His message is uplifting and thoughtful .
Posted on 3/22/14 at 2:41 pm to SlowFlowPro
He will lose if he runs against Clinton.
Poor people will never vote for someone who is white, male and rich. Not for someone who in their mind has no idea what it's like to struggle. Not when there is a minority or female on the ballot in opposition. No matter how cool Paul may try to be. You think an average lower middle class citizen gives a shite about drone attacks or NSA wiretaps? They worry about their power being cut off, meals or losing their home.
If that's his platform he has already lost. Also, Obama didn't legalize drugs and neither would Rand Paul, so hopefully he doesn't go to that BS line thinking he will fool the idiots that actually believe a president alone can do such a thing.
Poor people will never vote for someone who is white, male and rich. Not for someone who in their mind has no idea what it's like to struggle. Not when there is a minority or female on the ballot in opposition. No matter how cool Paul may try to be. You think an average lower middle class citizen gives a shite about drone attacks or NSA wiretaps? They worry about their power being cut off, meals or losing their home.
If that's his platform he has already lost. Also, Obama didn't legalize drugs and neither would Rand Paul, so hopefully he doesn't go to that BS line thinking he will fool the idiots that actually believe a president alone can do such a thing.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 4:10 pm to SlowFlowPro
Outreach to blacks is probably worthless, but Hispanics can be reached IMO. I don't know why Rand isn't doing more of that. I guess he doesn't want to touch immigration, which really limits the GOP's Hispanic outreach. Maybe he can find a way, but total opposition to a path to citizenship is extremely limiting.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 4:22 pm to SlowFlowPro
all he has to do is skim a small percentage of each - 10 percent more African Americans, 15 percent more hispanics, and 10 percent more women and he has a landslide. The Democrats problems with white men will be more shockingly apparent.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 5:11 pm to SlowFlowPro
I can only speak for myself, but based on that neocon speech Hillary gave yesterday, if the election were held today, and Rand and Hillary were the nominees, Rand would have this Black man's vote. I've never forgotten how she and Bill campaigned against Obama in 2008, and it's ironic that McCain, the Republican, ran a much more honorable campaign than Hillary did. Screw her.
Posted on 3/22/14 at 5:26 pm to SlowFlowPro
It would be nice if the Republicans could stay the course in one position and stop flip flopping all the time, at least we know where the democrats stand!, firmly in the left.
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