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Posted on 11/26/2012 5:53:52 PM PST by dynachrome
Should Republicans pursue immigration reform to broaden their appeal to Latinos and Asians?
Yes
No
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(Poll is half way down in the middle)
Yes
99 Votes, or 41.42 %
No
140 Votes, or 58.57 %
Thanks to BonofBabble for this one! (hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!)
Thanks to BonofBabble for this one! (hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!)
At 2057ET, with the Panthers up by four...
Should Republicans pursue immigration reform to broaden their appeal to Latinos and Asians?
Total Votes = 267
Yes 100 Votes, or 37.45 %
No 167 Votes, or 62.54 %
177/100 NO!
Voted. No.
There are other immigrants besides latinos,lets have more Nordic ppl in,and another 100 boat loads of Haitians
FReeEEeePED
Let’s go FReepers!!
Yes
102 Votes, or 34.69 %
No
192 Votes, or 65.30 %
102
197—NO
Yes
102 Votes, or 33.44 %
No
203 Votes, or 66.55 %
What does the GOP hope to achieve politically? And why does anyone think the GOP is going to be necessary for future changes in immigration policy?
The answer to my first question is that GOP plans or concessions regarding immigration policy will gain nothing for the GOP. Regardless of how the math is done, even with best case scenarios, present immigration policies and policies regarding illegal immigration are a lose/lose game for the Republican Party. Unless reform dramatically alters present immigration policy, nothing will be gained. Everything on the table furthers immigration policy philosophy since the 70s.
The answer to my next question is that the past election determined what immigration policies and reforms are going to be. We will have amnesty and we will have de facto open borders. A fast track to citizenship is going to happen. Come one, come all, and take what you can is the new immigration policy. None of it is going to require the participation of Republicans. It will all be done through agency rules or through Congressional concessions that won’t do a thing to improve the GOP’s standing with new voters or minorities.
Suicide
Total Votes = 379
Yes
109 Votes, or 28.75 %
No
270 Votes, or 71.24 %
There’s a false premise underlying the question: immigration reform wasn’t the big issue with hispanics this year.
ObamaCare, and “free” health care was. For nearly 65% of hispanics, that was the primary issue they voted on.
Supporting immigration reform gets the GOP nothing. They won’t benefit from it (because hispanics aren’t going to vote based on it), and it will hurt them by driving away their base while simultaneously expanding the Dem base (from the influx of hispanic immigrants who will either become citizens or who will have children who are citizens.
This is why the Dems and the MSM are pushing this issue so much as one the GOP has to compromise on.
The GOP can’t outspend/out promise “barack-o-claus”
You got that right, D.
I’ll throw out my principles if you’ll just vote for me!
Yeah, that’ll work.
Should Republicans pursue immigration reform to broaden their appeal to Latinos and Asians?
Total Votes = 427
Yes 119 Votes, or 27.86 %
No 308 Votes, or 72.13 %
“Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning.”
Erwin Rommel
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