Does the GOP have a “demographic problem”?

by L.A. Times Posted 2012/11/08 16:06:00

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Republican strategists worry that Tuesday’s election results indicates the GOP has a “demographic problem.” No kidding. Latinos turned out at the polls and voted for President Obama at a historic rate. At least one election eve report by the Latino Decisions blog indicates that Obama won 75% of that voting bloc, while Republican challenger Mitt Romney captured a mere 23%. (Latinos account for 10% of the electorate).

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Lanikai 2012/11/08 16:11:10

No

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No, they don't. the COUNTRY has a welfare, deadbeat, slaggard class, liberal problem.

Looking at the map, areas where people have a work ethic and earn what they have went to Romney, areas with large inner city/liberal populations (a lot of young people, a lot of illegals and other immigrants) went to obama.

We have a federal dependency problem, not a GOP problem
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tikiteek 2012/11/12 23:05:40

Yes

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The GOP have a problem with demographics, because some replublicans are so racist, and lying is the only way they seem to know! If they were to get the black vote.

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Mike W to tikiteek 2012/12/11 04:41:40 (edited)

Or maybe the GOP has a problem with a large percentage of the minority community voting for some one based on the color of their skin and half of his lineage, ignoring fact and a common sense view of what the policies and aganda of this man will do for America, along with a percentage of lazy elitest socialsit white america....... why did over the vast majority of African Americas vote for Obama, can they explain his policies or the ramifications of his socialist agenda ? Or maybe voting for a half keynan is just racist, Maybe you can tell me how a half white, half african american who grew up living a white lifestyle with white grandparents in HAWAII and then got enrolled in elitest Ivy league schools with the sponsering of anti america socialist has ANYTHING to do with the civil rights struggle of black America ?

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tikiteek to Mike W 2012/12/13 17:14:13

I don't know about anyone else, but I voted for Obama because he sounded like he had it all in order, it had nothing to do with his skin! Can you exsplain the jibbirish Romney speaks? If you think all of these horrorable things, then why aren,t you glad that OIbama is trying to mess the minority up?

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Marc m 2012/11/12 17:23:45

No

NO 'demographics' have a SELFISH problem.

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BobbyOu... to Marc m 2012/11/12 19:13:11

And what is wrong with looking after your own self-interest?

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Marc m to BobbyOu... 2012/11/13 05:15:03

We all should be looking out for what best for AMERICA ... not ourselves.

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Eric C. 2012/11/12 14:25:33

Yes

Seems they'll be needing to ease up on immigration if they ever want the White House again.

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Builder 2012/11/12 13:01:25

Yes

Very much so!

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bbz103099 2012/11/12 11:05:53

Yes

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GOP have demographic problems because the republican tent is full of racists, and people of color know it. The only way to get people of color to vote republican, is to lie or change. Mittens proved that it is easier for them to lie than to change. Receiving almost 50% of the vote from lying??????? unbelievable. Makes one wonder about that republican base.

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lolly 2012/11/12 09:49:01

No

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No, the Republican party has the problem of being warmongers that want badly to go to war against Iran. Also, they have the problem that they have replaced Jesus Christ with Natanyahu.

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Silas Jones 2012/11/12 04:59:17
Barbi Rose 2012/11/12 04:39:46

No

CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC...lots in the tank for the President. He's been getting lots of passes on things. Even Sandy has been pretty quiet on what is going on. Libya is less important then a affair sheesh.

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Annie~Pro American~Pro Israel 2012/11/12 03:34:34

No

Ha! No, the GOP has a problem with democrat voter cheating at the polls.

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BobbyOu... to Annie~P... 2012/11/12 16:55:29

Do you have any proof there was any cheating at the polls?

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Bite my shiny liberal ass 2012/11/12 00:40:01

Yes

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They have WAY more problems,to long to describe here

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Jonathan Bock 2012/11/11 23:09:46

No

Believe me, if they moved to a democratic area - they won't be welcomed.

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Wally-Molon Labe! 2012/11/11 19:48:29 (edited)

Yes

Absolutely yes. Our leaders have been complicit in moving American jobs over seas for decades. Through free trade agreements, taxes, and stiff regulations on businesses. The loss of jobs coupled with the creation of and the perpetuation of the welfare state is a ready made demographic of voters who will support whoever promises to give them the most. That happens to be the Socialists, er, I mean, Democrats.

If there were a real difference between left and right one would think the challenging party would put forward a candidate of quality, intelligence, knowledge, and opposing ideas with a logical rationale for implementing them. Well, you know that didn't happen. The choice was one globalist puppet challenged by another globalist puppet.

The globalists won. Again. Americans lost. Again.

I will reiterate, again, that our so-called two party system is a sham and a scam to keep us fighting over ridiculous wedge issues while they conclude their plans for the dismantling of America.

Dollar collapse soon followed by economic collapse. Starving and helpless multitudes of people begging for FEMA to help them and feed them. In rides Big Brother, to rescue the minions from the created disaster. But! You must turn in your guns and ammo for food so we can maintain security and keep the g...

Absolutely yes. Our leaders have been complicit in moving American jobs over seas for decades. Through free trade agreements, taxes, and stiff regulations on businesses. The loss of jobs coupled with the creation of and the perpetuation of the welfare state is a ready made demographic of voters who will support whoever promises to give them the most. That happens to be the Socialists, er, I mean, Democrats.

If there were a real difference between left and right one would think the challenging party would put forward a candidate of quality, intelligence, knowledge, and opposing ideas with a logical rationale for implementing them. Well, you know that didn't happen. The choice was one globalist puppet challenged by another globalist puppet.

The globalists won. Again. Americans lost. Again.

I will reiterate, again, that our so-called two party system is a sham and a scam to keep us fighting over ridiculous wedge issues while they conclude their plans for the dismantling of America.

Dollar collapse soon followed by economic collapse. Starving and helpless multitudes of people begging for FEMA to help them and feed them. In rides Big Brother, to rescue the minions from the created disaster. But! You must turn in your guns and ammo for food so we can maintain security and keep the guns out of the hands of the looters. Tyranny.

This is only one possible scenario of our not to distant future.

I can guarantee one thing. Things are only going to get worse.
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BobbyOu... to Wally-M... 2012/11/12 16:57:05

You voted for Ron Paul, didn't you?

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Wally-M... to BobbyOu... 2012/11/12 19:17:47

No. I have made it perfectly clear in my posts since Ron Paul was screwed by his own party, that I was not going to participate in the corruption and fraud known as voting. If you participated in the scam then you have enabled a continuation of the scam.

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BobbyOu... to Wally-M... 2012/11/12 19:42:01

You could have made a protest vote

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DDogbreath 2012/11/11 18:58:24

No

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They have a "common sense" problem. They need to get some and use it.

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Rebel Uke 2012/11/11 18:09:42

Yes

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they lost almost every single demographic.

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Golden Panther 2012/11/11 17:54:07

No

The GOP does not have a problem. The destruction of the country is the fault of the inane morons who elected such cretins as obumavich, Reid, Polousy, and the rest of the commie, Muslim, and racist cadre of fellons. My greatest fear is that the only solution is civil war and that will start when the dictators come after the guns, thereby eliminating all rights and freedoms of real Americans.

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askmike to Golden ... 2012/11/12 02:43:45

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I am sorry. You are proof the GOP has problems.

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happyman to askmike 2012/11/12 03:49:13

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Spot-on!!!!!!!

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lolly to Golden ... 2012/11/12 09:52:52

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Golden Panther, I can tell you are a commie, Muslim, and racist .

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DP 2012/11/11 17:32:27

Yes

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1. Christian, white, male, straight (or pretends to be and condemns gays)
2. brainwashed, Christian, white, female

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44MAGNUM 2012/11/11 16:15:04

No

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No... the biggest problem for the Republicans is liberal media bias. Disguising and withholding facts creates dangerous ignorance.

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askmike to 44MAGNUM 2012/11/12 02:45:35

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Yes. The problem with the GOP is always because of somebody else. Bravo. You must be the person on the RNC in charge of policies.

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Tarheel 2012/11/11 14:22:11

Yes

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I don't think there are enough "angry white men" to actually elect them. lol (Note, I'm joking, well for the most part)

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Realistic 2012/11/11 13:48:42

Yes

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Obama also won with 73% of Asian voters and 93% of Black voters. Young Caucasians also favor Obama. The old Republican political strategy of dark money, threats, propaganda, and exclusion just doesn't work anymore.

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Heptarch 2012/11/11 11:54:34

Yes

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Absolutely they do. They've lost pretty much every demographic except white men.

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mwg0735 2012/11/11 07:33:16
askmike to mwg0735 2012/11/12 02:47:19

Yep. The NOPs are doing the exact thing they kept telling about President Obama: it is somebody else's fault. Bravo!

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mwg0735 to askmike 2012/11/12 09:47:05
askmike to mwg0735 2012/11/12 15:19:04

Can you do anything but the blame game?

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Bilingual required sucks 2012/11/11 05:26:30 (edited)

Yes

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And if the Republican party does not return to sanity, they will have an EXTINCTION problem.

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Steve ☮ R ☮ P ☮ 2012 ☮ 2012/11/11 01:52:59

Yes

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The demographic the GOP needs but won't ever get are conservatives who aren't neo-con sympathizers. And the libertarians could have put them over the top earlier this week, but they don't want anything to do with them, because there is nothing conservative about the GOP anymore, and they aren't about to change that.

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The Wrong Guy 2012/11/11 01:22:49

Yes

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Counting on just the rich/white votes ain't gunna cut it for them much longer.

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Mike 2012/11/10 23:35:15 (edited)

Yes

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Yes, sadly, the GOP has a crime demographic problem. I saw the popular vote map and I couldn't help that it looked strikingly familiar, and then, when someone said that Chicago had the highest crime rate -- SNAP! It hit me. This map overlays PERFECTLY with the rate of violent felonies committed per capita. Crime ratios should remain the same, no matter the population because in higher populated areas, there are more law enforcement and less in the urban areas. Coincidence? It can't be. One city is a coincidence, EVERY CITY is a pattern. Poverty is the linking factor between crime and the votes we saw -- and sadly, those in poverty looks up to Obama to help them with handouts instead of looking to those not in their shoes as examples.

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