Too many Blacks, Latinos, Asians and Jews that I know believe that the Republican party is for White folks only. I used not to believe that they were correct but based of the comments I often see here, I'm starting to see their point. Unfortunately, if they disagree with the social and/or economic policies and fit the mold of a conservative, they are told we don't want or accept you. Then why would they want to join us? I believe a sizable amount of these folks are Democrats by default, not by choice.
I've seen a lot of good conservatives posters ask, how do we win over more “Blacks”, “Latinos”, “Jews” and “Asians? Some folks believe that we need better outreach and education (not in the school sense) to dispel the myths of of conservatism but too many on this board often reply “deport them all”, they'll never vote for us because all of them only want “free stuff” or if they aren't “wise” enough to just vote for us, then we don't need them.
That will teach those groups that we want them to join us! </sarcasm>
What the conservatives/GOP would need to do is identify ONE point in each group it wants to win as having a conservative value in common with it, and HAMMER on that value in its outreach programs.
Even if they don’t know the details of the party platforms, no one except an utter ignoramus doesn’t roughly know already what each of the parties, at least ostensibly, stand for. The Republican party, at least on paper, is for smaller government, pro-life, pro-self responsibility, etc.
Other than pandering and becoming the “me too” party, what kind of outreach do you suggest?
I have heard for years about how blacks and hispanics are culturally conservative. There is no way that they don’t already know that the GOP is pro-life and pro- traditional marriage , amongst other things. But they still vote rat. Why? Because their desire for the “gimmees” outweighs their supposed cultural conservatism.
The Republicans have already been infiltrated by such groups as the “Log Cabin Republicans”. How much of our platform do we dismantle in order to gain the votes of these supposed “socially conservative” groups who nonetheless vote for the gimmees? All of it? Since this election, they’ve already lost voters like me who say “no more”. They’re not going to make large inroads on the “gimmee” voters without outpandering the rats, and in the process, they have lost voters like me. How many like me do they lose while stilll being behind the rats in the pandering race?