Is everybody aware Romney WON 60% of the Cuban-American Vote ..??
Yes, that’s great.
Most Cuban-Americans (like many Russians and anyone who has lived under hard socialism) value freedom more than most Americans.
But the Cuban-Americans are a very small fraction of the overall “latino/hispanic” vote.
One of the good points Romney made (and he was hammered for this because it was true), is that a certain percentage of the population will never vote for anyone other than their sugar-daddies in the DNC. That includes an overwhelming majority of the latinos.
The only way the GOPE could ever hope to win their votes would be to appeal to the on the cultural issues. You know, the ones the GOPE is currently running from and using to ridicule and denounce conservatives.
I’m sure they’ll do a 180 and embrace those cultural values to win that vote.
I can hear you laughing from here.
I think it was closer to 50%, and it used to be 80%.
Yes, but most Hispanics in the States are from Mexico and they hate the Cubans. They resent Cubans receiving special treatment. This is why I don't understand why Republicans are so crazy about Rubio. The Hispanics I work with can't stand him.
Cubans make up 4% of the total Hispanic vote.
96% are not Cuban.
Non-Cuban Hispanics vote almost 75% for the Democrat Party.
Even at that he lost the FL Hispanic vote. And I thought I’d seen the exit poll had shown he’d narrowly lost the Cuban vote as well?