“Demographics play a role if there are group loyalties. Consider that. Just my 2.0000 cents”
True, but only because Republican Leaders aren’t that smart. I still think religious and hardworking Blacks and Hispanics could be won, maybe easily, but it requires approaching them as honest equals looking for an ally, and not manipulative r-losers with cups in our hands.
Romney did well among young Blacks, considering he did practically nothing to overtly appeal to them, and seemed even to many on our side, wholly untrustworthy.
The problem is the K’s in these groups which we need to appeal to have a specific psychology. And part of that psychology has an instinctual distrust of r’s. Yet most of our political leaders are r’s.
When we send some sleazy politician to ask for their support, I don’t blame them for saying no. And when we finally have a K like Allen West, the r’s in the party see him as a threat, and do everything in their power to kick him out, without actually facing him down.
Our biggest problem is our leadership, which appeals to no-one, IMHO. Until we produce an honest leader, things will stay as they are, and each side will remain static, which is why I think we are destined for a collapse.
Your comment about Repub leaders deserves some thought. If we view them as a group seeking to win political support, then they probably use the typical consulting approach of analyzing data, trends, and thinking of messages that will appeal to each “group” but not alienate them.
That approach might work for rational, business investment planning but when trying to persuade individuals to behave in a supportive manner (vote and send money) you must understand the psychology of individual decision making.
Yes, I agree Blacks and Hispanics are potential supporters. But, you have to understand the psychology. It is interesting to note that Romney got young Blacks’ support without direct appeal. That hints at young Black’s economic desires and still looking forward to a future of economic opportunity. If you get some rich Black celebrities to brand your message, you can get the hopeful young Black’s hopes up. If you point to your opponent as having a silver spoon-in-mouth upbringing by a white banker, raised in Hawaii and Indonesia, and having a white parent from Kansas—then ask the Black group just how much they have in common with him, then you start to challenge the identification. If you tell the Hispanics that you will move them from just working to owning the workplace and you tell them you draw the contrast between life in the places they or their ancestors came from and what you will protect for them here—you might start to make the connection. There are male-female differences that must be tackled in a different way—there are different psychologies. It is done on a one-on-one level. It takes contact. You must counter other messages they receive with ridicule.
Just some thoughts—not meant to criticize anyone.