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re: The Hispanic electorate is an enigma for conservative politicians.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:10 am to petar
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:10 am to petar
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I don't know how anyone expects Hispanics to vote Republican when the entire race has been demonized and harassed by the GOP. The anti-illegal immigrant stance is way over the top and makes these people look like scarface-type criminals (even though they are less likely to commit a crime than natives). The arizona laws dont help. etc.
there is a strong anti-immigrant stance amongst the unions that support DEMs, but we don't hear much about that
just like blacks threw support at DEMs in the face of abject racism by the very same unions
why are these arguments always slanted against the GOP? why don't we bring up the DEM-supporting groups who are anti-immigrant?
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:13 am to SlowFlowPro
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there is a strong anti-immigrant stance amongst the unions that support DEMs, but we don't hear much about that
There is a difference between people who support a party being anti immigration and talking heads/ politicians/ state governments being very loudly anti immigration. They are anti immigration to a point they are anti-hispanics. like the party has taken anti-terrorism to anti- all muslims.
You can be anti-immigration with out screaming it at the top of your lungs.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 11:24 am to SlowFlowPro
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why are these arguments always slanted against the GOP? why don't we bring up the DEM-supporting groups who are anti-immigrant?
Framing of it in the media. As a whole, the conservatives are depicted as "owning" the anti-illegal immigration issue, while the Dems are depicted as either the kowtowing yes men or the "reasonable" party in favor of compromise (depending on whether Dems or Reps are in the majority at the time).
In short, if the GOP wants to attract Hispanic voters they have got to do something about the media discourse surrounding this issue.
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