Chris Cillizza: The Republicans’ Hispanic problem

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If demographics is destiny, then Republicans may have a major political problem on their hands.

Why? Because numbers released by the Census Bureau late last week showed massive growth in the nation’s Hispanic population, a community that Republicans have struggled mightily to reach in recent years.

The numbers are eye-opening. Hispanics now account for more than 16 percent of the total population, making them the largest minority group in the country. More than half of all population growth in the United States over the past decade came from Hispanics. Perhaps most amazing is that nearly a quarter — 23 percent — of all children age 17 or younger are Latino.

That’s a major problem for Republicans, given that in the 2008 presidential election, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) — far from the GOP’s most ardent advocate of stricter immigration laws — won just 31 percent of the Hispanic vote, according to exit polls.

Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the_republicans_hispanic_problem/2011/03/27/AFiMXokB_story.html

[rpannier]

1. K&R

Watch in 2012. The Republicans will have at their CONJOB-vention the Governor of New Mexico to prove they're not anti-Hispanic.

[HockeyMom]

2. Oh, they have their own solution for this

Besides banning abortion, ban birth control too, so the whites will then be FORCED to have more children. I am surprised you haven't heard or read about this.

[RickFromMN]

3. My sarcastic side believes Republican states will drive Hispanics out like they did in Arizona.

I do believe Hispanics were driven out of Arizona.

I must admit I don't know the truth from first-hand experience. I must rely on others and news for information.
Most of what I found indicated there was an exodus.
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/immigration/hispanic-exodus-out-of-arizona-6-9-2010
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-06-08-immigration_N.htm
http://www.insidetucsonbusiness.com/news/article_03e306c7-eab8-5d9b-ae38-b7badff7e6c1.html
http://newscastmedia.com/blog/2010/11/12/arizona-immigration-bill-sb-1070-prompts-mass-exodus-of-hispanics/

I did find one site that denied there was a Hispanic exodus out of Arizona.
http://www.campusprogress.org/articles/arizonas_great_hispanic_exodus_a_media-propelled_fiction/

Can anyone confirm or disprove what I believe?

[nevergiveup]

4. Romney/Rubio

This will be their answer.

[MasonJar]

5. I heard on NPR this week that Obama also has a problem with the

Hispanics. He has not kept his campaign promises to them. They are not pleased. I am sure no one at DU is surprised, since he certainly hasn't kept the ones we counted on either.