tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post7140599926880159015..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: The Democrats' Demographic DelusionGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-3355064993283957232014-08-10T18:12:46.367-06:002014-08-10T18:12:46.367-06:00Really? My Dad was a working class white who voted...Really? My Dad was a working class white who voted for Reagan. It had nothing to do with segregation, based on the fact that (for our example) he had a black friend over for chess when I was a kid, and at a time that something like this could get a cross burned in your yard. (I had a friend, also white, that this actually happened to after a party his parents held.) His vote was due in large part to how badly off we were after four years of Carter.<br /><br />I don't mean to sound hard on you, and my post does deal with generalities, but it doesn't require huge numbers of people changing their minds for the right reasons to make a difference. I think the Democrats are idiots on many levels for betting on ethnicity and that the Republicans are also idiots for giving up too easily based on ethnicity.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-71094894049891038082014-08-10T06:59:27.281-06:002014-08-10T06:59:27.281-06:00Yes, but this seems more a reflection of a change ...Yes, but this seems more a reflection of a change in the strategies of the political parties then a change in viewpoints by the voters.<br /><br />When it dawned on Southern whites that the National Democratic Party wanted to ram integration down their throats, they opted for the Republicans. <br /><br />The largest group of immigrants are Hispanics who, as polls show, support Obamacare, punitive taxes on the rich, redistribution of wealth, and affirmative action by large margins. Contrary to perceptions, they have a high level of broken homes, single mothers and welfare dependency.<br /><br />People have free will, but as a group it is quite unlikely that Blacks and Hispanics will support a political party that is perceived to want less government.<br /><br />-Joe JonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-69974916884843354552014-08-09T02:59:45.779-06:002014-08-09T02:59:45.779-06:00It seems over -- if you forget that large blocs of...It seems over -- if you forget that large blocs of voters have shifted allegiances many times in the past. (This is because these are groups of individuals, who have free will, and can decide whom to support individually.)<br /><br />Blacks, who now vote overwhelmingly for Democrats once were reliable supporters of the GOP. Southern whites, who used to vote Democratic, moved into the Republican column more recently.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-32637023161780210672014-08-07T06:39:18.110-06:002014-08-07T06:39:18.110-06:00Demographically, it seems over for the Republicans...Demographically, it seems over for the Republicans. Romney got 60% of the white vote and lost. If this had been 1980 or 84 it would have been a landslide.<br /><br />Now the Republicans have lost Virginia thanks to immigration.<br /><br />The last reliable big republican state is Texas. If illegals are amnestied, it could turn Democratic. It's no surprise that Holder and the "voting rights" crowd have turned their attention to Texas.<br /><br />-Joe JonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com