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(3,111 posts)msongs
(67,509 posts)highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)pnwmom
(109,028 posts)highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)pnwmom
(109,028 posts)to realize they have a huge stake in this.
Skittles
(153,321 posts)mopinko
(70,395 posts)UtahJosh
(131 posts)I'm curious about the dynamic here. Clearly he's no friend to either group, but is the 91% just because black voters never vote Republican (as opposed to Latino voters who are more flexible)?
Seems like any Latino who votes for Trump has to be insane (though that could be said for any black, asian, muslim or female voter really).
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)their results might be closer than it appears.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)currently are and thus vote less as a bloc. There are over twice as many of them, and traditional culture had mostly been strongly assimilationist, at least where we lived in California in the past, not even letting the kids learn Spanish.
Like the rest of humanity, they're mostly naturally conservative or liberal, typically morphing into some mixture of both over time like everyone else. They develop their share of far left and far right extremists, and no doubt include some natural libertarians, who of course may average more conservative or liberal themselves. In other words, some are just about as likely to vote Democrat against a Republican candidate as Jim DeMint would be.
Plus, they also often identify differently as white or non-white, strongly affecting which issues each person is likely to vote with a "Hispanic bloc" on, or not.
pampango
(24,692 posts)in its effect of African-Americans.
You are right. He does not rant about AA's like he does Mexicans, Muslims, Chinese, etc. Perhaps they see the handwriting on the wall. After walling off his current scapegoats and things get worse not better, who is next on the scapegoat list? I doubt it will be white men.
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)When asked what he would do about the protests and the issue of racially-motivated violence, Trump simply stated:
THERES NO SUCH THING AS RACISM ANYMORE. WEVE HAD A BLACK PRESIDENT SO ITS NOT A QUESTION ANYMORE. ARE THEY SAYING BLACK LIVES SHOULD MATTER MORE THAN WHITE LIVES OR ASIAN LIVES? IF BLACK LIVES MATTER, THEN GO BACK TO AFRICA? WELL SEE HOW MUCH THEY MATTER THERE.
Afterwards, the normally calm and collected Oprah Winfrey, who Donald Trump said he would run beside in the election if given the opportunity, stated, the die from that toupee must have seeped into this crackers brain and driven him crazy.
stonecutter357
(12,699 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Anyone who thinks the republicans can win without them hasn't been paying attention.
Those who have the most to lose will be highly motivated to actually vote, not just attend rallies and post memes on social media.
From an analysis by the Center for American Progress:
All indications are that republicans are not confronting this reality.