17th April 2012, 4:21 PM
You're quite right, ASM -- there are certainly strong elements in the black and latino communities that would be open to conservatism, if the Republican party wasn't ideologically very strongly anti-immigrant... but they are, so minorities are very dominantly Democratic.
It is foolish long-term, because Latinos particularly are a rapidly expanding group, but for now anti-Latino policies can work at the ballot box because there are more anti-Latino whites than Latinos. Over time though if they stick with this it makes winning in some states look less and less likely in the future for sure. But with how hateful so much of their base is, I don't see them changing just because of that anytime soon...
It is foolish long-term, because Latinos particularly are a rapidly expanding group, but for now anti-Latino policies can work at the ballot box because there are more anti-Latino whites than Latinos. Over time though if they stick with this it makes winning in some states look less and less likely in the future for sure. But with how hateful so much of their base is, I don't see them changing just because of that anytime soon...
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