This kind of political realignment simply doesn't work.
Simply making the GOP the "me too" party on amnesty is a lost cause.
The Dems already give these underclass hispanics everything they want on the amnesty/immigration front; - as well as give them everything they also want with regards to government programs/subsidies/handouts, affirmative action measures, etc.
So, in the end, there's still not much of a reason for them to actually cast a ballot for a republican/conservative candidate.
All this does is consolidate the democrats stranglehold over power at the local, state, as well as, federal level.
“Sorry, but the GOP Presidential tickets actually wound up getting a lower percentage of the Hispanic vote in the aftermath of the ‘86 amnesty than they did prior to the passage of the ‘86 legislation.
This kind of political realignment simply doesn’t work. “
GOOD POINT!!
Without looking at exits and doing a thesis on the historical Hispanic vote I will point out a couple of facts. Reagan won a huge landslide in 84 so I would imagine all demographics dropped some in 88. George W received over 40% do to outreach and support for guest worker program. In 2004 exits had 54-45 Kerry. After the argument about amnesty the bottom dropped out for McCain . Now in defense of this it was a bad year for republicans so let’s fast forward to Romney. In Obama’s 1st term we had thencontencious fight with Sotomayor which many in Hispanic community saw as racist. Then the AZ papers please law. This was universally panned in the hispanic press as targeting. The bottom for Romney dropped even further. So if you would like to point out facts lets not be selective. We went from a nine point deficit in which Bush barely beats Kerry to 75-25 and the Dems running the table in battleground states. Hell NM used to be a battleground state. Today not so much. What other effects have there been? Asian Americans also voted overwhelming democratic.
Just to look into the future a little by 2050 1/2 the country is supposed to be of color. As of 2008 republicans lost people of color by 80-20. Please explain to me how the party will be relevant without a strong outreach?