… Before beginning, we should clarify my thesis. It has never been, as some have suggested, that the GOP should “double down” on white voters while writing off non-whites. The pieces have simply observed that there are problems with the suggestion that the fate of the two-party system hinges on […] Read more »
Americans Rate Racial and Ethnic Relations in U.S. Positively
Americans view relations between various racial and ethnic groups positively, ranging from 87% who describe white-Asian relations as good to 60% describing black-Hispanic relations as good. The results are from Gallup’s Minority Rights and Relations poll, conducted June 13-July 5, and completed before last week’s verdict in the George Zimmerman […] Read more »
Is Doubling Down on White Voters a Viable Strategy for the Republican Party?
… Sean Trende has argued that Republicans can effectively compete in future presidential elections without substantially increasing their support among Hispanics and other nonwhite voters by focusing on increasing turnout and support among white voters, who will continue to make up the large majority of the American electorate. Trende’s argument […] Read more »
No, Republicans, ‘Missing’ White Voters Won’t Save You
As GOP House members continue their Kamikaze mission to scuttle the immigration reform bill, many political observers are wondering why. After all, isn’t it obvious that Republicans need more minority, particularly Hispanic support, and that therefore their self-interest should lead them to support a reasonable bill? Karl Rove thinks so. […] Read more »
Winning More White Voters Won’t Save the GOP
… Sean Trende of RealClearPolitics makes the strongest case for a whiter Republican coalition. … Trende says the GOP should deepen its existing coalition by making additional gains among white voters, energizing the missing white voters, and counting on a decline in black support for the next Democratic candidate. … […] Read more »
Should Republicans Just Focus on White Voters?
… White voters cast 72 percent of all votes in the Obama-Romney election of 2012 compared to 87 percent in the Nixon-McGovern contest in 1972. Should the Republican Party accept the fact that the white majority in the United States is getting smaller or should it bet on boosting Republican […] Read more »