Are Texas Hispanics Up for Grabs to the GOP?
Republican analysts say that as Texas' Hispanic population continues to surge, its traditionally Democratic electorate is more and more up for grabs.
“The Hispanic culture [is one] that is pro-life, pro-family, pro-free enterprise, [that] values hard work and has a value structure that fits very nicely with the Republican Party,” said Allen Blakemore, the owner of the Houston-based political strategy firm Blakemore & Associates.
But Democrats caution against that assessment. They see the increasingly divisive battle over immigration as a dividing line that will keep Hispanics squarely in their corner.
The debate was part of Monday's Texas Tribune "New Day ...
Comments (3)
tthomas48
I think a better question is "Is it possible to lose their vote?" And I'd say the Republican party is working very hard to do just that.
Hispanics are not a unified cultural, religious, or lingual block, unless you're united in an effort to discriminate and disenfranchise.
Truth Hurts
Up for Grabs? The answer: "Don't touch my junk!"
Dale Curry
These people cannot be so deluded as to think they can hide their anti-latino bigotry behind "immigration reform" and then expect latino's to vote for them?
It has been the democratic party that has welcomed the state's hispanic population for decades. It is the Democrats that are trying to stop the unending tide of racially motivated anti-hispanic/immigration legislation. Now the GOP and T-baggers think they can push the hispanic population aside and still get their vote.
As a Democrat, all I can say (as I try to catch my breath from laughing too much) is:
BRING IT ON!