Interesting perspective.
Here’s the problem: Gov. Romney received the same percentage of the white vote as Ronald Reagan did in 1980.
Would then-Gov. Reagan’s candidacy have received more minority votes in 2012 than did Gov. Romney’s? It’s a “what if” we can’t answer.
But the problem is that Hispanics and blacks prefer bigger, more robust government. Without conversion, not sure the Reagan message will win votes.
Is it possible to persuade large numbers of minorities to our perspective? I don’t know. There are real, historical reasons, why blacks and Hispanics favor big government. The reasons that persuade us to embrace the ideal of smaller government, low taxes, fiscal conservatism, social conservatism, etc. may not be persuasive to others with different historical experiences.
“There are real, historical reasons, why blacks and Hispanics favor big government”
Before LBJ’s social welfare giveaway programs, most blacks worked for a living. Medicaid, expansion of the welfare state, etc, were all gimmicks from the the democrats to get negroes (what blacks were called until race baiter Jesse Jackson said it was racist to call them that), into their big tent. when LBJ first came to Washington from Texas he was called aside by an influential Southern democrat and basically told to change his ways and if he wanted to get anywhere in the new, changing democratic party he has to embrace blacks and start pandering to them. This was foreign to LBJ. He was a old time Southerner who thought it was crazy to have to pander to anyone, much less blacks. Well LBJ, reluctantly went along with the program. As House Majority Leader he started pushing for welfare giveaway programs for blacks and doing anything in his power to get their vote. Along came the voting rights act for blacks, and their marriage to the democratic slave master was complete. Democrats are trying to do the same thing now with hispanics, giving them anything they want, free handouts, amnesty for illegals, all in a blatant attempt to control them, which means controlling American politics forever. That’s why democrats want to tear down the borders to this country. That’s why anti-American stooges like Obama (financed by leftists like Soros), will not allow states to control invasion from south of the border. Leftists side with illegals. They never side with working Americans. Democrats are the lowest of the low.