One reason for President Obama’s big re-election victory is that Hispanics turned out for him in record numbers. 71% voted for him, with Mitt Romney getting only 27% of the Hispanic vote. George W. Bush got 44%, so it’s not impossible for Republicans to get Hispanic votes. Unlike Bush, Romney came across as anti-Hispanic, due to his tough stance and characteristically tone-deaf comments about immigration. But, in fact, Hispanic voters May have the potential of becoming part of the conservative base. From Jonathan Capehart:
Every month for the next two decades, 50,000 Hispanics will turn 18.
Just to be clear, that’s 50,000 U.S.-born people every month for the next 20 years who become eligible to vote. [Whit] Ayres cited this stunning statistic that was highlighted in a study of the Hispanic electorate by Resurgent Republic, a conservative nonprofit research group on whose board he sits. That report also highlights the promise and the peril for the Republican Party in reaching Latino voters.