Latino population distribution in 2000. The population has grown since then. (Wikipedia image)
The decline in Latino support for Republican candidates has some in the party worried. With demographic trends showing an increasingly diverse country, any party that fails to appeal to minorities is going to have trouble winning elections.
For the GOP, Florida is the state [...]
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GOP Has “a Very, Very Serious Problem”
November 23, 2008 – 12:09 pm
Western State GOP Soul-Searching
November 12, 2008 – 5:22 pm
As the once-dominant Republicans in Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico take a break from licking their week-old wounds, they’re beginning to strategize whether to march left or right in their bid to reclaim lost power.
Republicans who believe the country is swinging left think the party needs to steer away from cultural wedge issues while at [...]
Political Gains from Targeting Illegal Immigrants?
March 18, 2008 – 8:26 am
An intriguing look at the local politics-immigration equation came from National Public Radio last week, in a three-part series on immigration controversies from the front-lines of Arizona.
In part one, “‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ Takes on Immigration,” reporter Ted Robbins looks at how Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Phoenix courts publicity with his innovative jail policies, which [...]
