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Originally Posted by rodog
Where are your statistics? Hispanics are just one demographic and they were the only ones who voted have voted more Republican in recent times to any significant degree and that trend is definitaly going to die.
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You ask me for statistics, but then come out and confirm that there has been an increase in Hispanic voters leaning towards the right?
Bush surprised much of the left by capturing 40% of the Hispanic vote in 2004. One of the main reasons for this, was because of the increasing number of Hispanics who are turning Evangelical.
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Originally Posted by rodog
And what older minorities where turned off by the democratic platform? Every major demographic and age group voted more democratic then republican last year.
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I never said that they didn't vote more Republican than Democrat. I simply mean that it's no longer a surprise to hear of a Black Republican anymore. As I said above, some conservative Evangelical minorities were turned off by the Democratic platform and decided to vote Republican in 2004.
My whole point was that, because of those two reasons, it was an idiotic idea for the four candidates not to show up at the Morgan State University debates. I was watching the Tavis Smiley show, and even his guests confirmed that more blacks are now open to at least hearing the Republican candidates speak. That's why it was such a self-destructive move for these candidates not to show up.