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Originally Posted by hi_im_god

republican's can write off reagan's home state largely thanks to a few decades of immigrant bashing. look for that to happen to the rest of the southwest (texas included) in the next decade if republican's stay the course.
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Hispanics are the fastest growing American demographic, and the GOP knows it. Whites are a minority by 2030? 2050? (I forget). That's one of the reasons why the Repubs are so desperately trying to implement their voter suppression laws before the 2012 elections. Strong numbers in voter turnout doesn't favor electing Republicans, and the demographics are moving further and further away from the GOP daily.

So not only is the GOP moving so far to the right they have already disenfranchised a significant number of formerly reliable GOP voters, their target audience is shrinking massively and quickly. There's a void and a need there, but it's not for the current GOP, certainly not the evangelicals or the "Tea Party", nor is it markedly progressive. It's about where Obama is.