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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReich: Why Romney and Ryan are Going Down (they’re relying largely on one slice of America).
Republicans are failing the central test of electability. Instead of putting together the largest possible coalition of voters, theyre relying largely on one slice of America middle-aged white men and alienating just about everyone else.
Start with Hispanics, whose electoral heft keeps growing as they become an ever-larger portion of the electorate. Hispanics now favor President Obama over Romney-Ryan by a larger margin than they did six months ago. Why? In last Februarys Republican primary debate Romney dubbed Arizonas controversial immigration policy that authorized police to demand proof of citizenship from anyone looking Hispanic a model law for the rest of the nation.
As if all this werent enough, the GOP has been pushing voter ID laws all over America, whose obvious aim is to intimidate Hispanic voters so they wont come to the polls. But they may be having the opposite effect emboldening the vast majority of ethnic Hispanics, who are American citizens, to vote in even greater numbers and lend even more support to Obama and other Democrats.
Or consider women whose political and economic impact in America continues to grow (women are fast becoming better educated than men and the major breadwinners in American homes). According to polls, the political gender gap is widening.
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marlakay
(11,424 posts)have women they live with
if my husband was leaning towards Romney he wouldn't hear the end of it!!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)nanabugg
(2,198 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)is why it took so long for everyone to acknowledge that Romney is a total fuck up?
I mean, the guy screwed up a simple trip overseas where all he had to do was play nice and say hi!
His campaign has been going off the rails for months, but with every derailed car, the pundits found a way to keep him in the race.
Hell, they didn't even mention his clueless statement to the homeless victim of Isaac. He's a disaster.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,220 posts)yourout
(7,524 posts)The Grifters and their Marks.
Cha
(296,774 posts)and the marks. The Kochs and the teabaggers.
susanna
(5,231 posts)spooky3
(34,401 posts)The poll margins are way too close for comfort, for me, anyway.
The NY Times released poll results showing that all age groups favored Obama except those aged 65 and older--NOT the middle aged group.
And, many people who are not white middle-aged males are supporting Romney. For example, the polls show that white married women view Romney more favorably, and Obama less favorably, than do white single women, by big margins. Many of them are influenced by fundy or conservative-leaning churches.