Demographics is destiny which is why the socialists, in the long run, can’t lose.
Yup, they can count on the kamikaze Conservatives sitting out elections because the conservative candidate isn't conservative enough or he is Mormon or whatever. McCain received more votes than Romney. Too many "Conservatives" sat home in a misguided, counter-productive protest.
One should vote his principles in the primaries but be realistic and pragmatic in the general elections.
66% of eligible blacks voted in the presidential contest. Only 64.1% of whites turned out to vote. According to CNN exit polls, 93% of African-Americans, 71% of Hispanics and 73% of Asians supported Obama over Romney.
Only 48% of the Latino population turned out, which was nearly two percentage points below the 2008 rate. non-whites made up 26.3% of all voters, another all-time high.
The share of the non-white population is also expected to rise from 33.9% to 37.8% in 2020 and 54.8% by 2060, according to Census Bureau projections. – Mitt Romney captured only 17% of the growing non-white population.
Adults born after 1980 who are now between 18 and 33 – continues to grow. “Over the last five presidential elections, the share of voters who were racial or ethnic minorities rose from just over one in six in 1996 to more than one in four in 2012,” said Thom File, the report’s author.
While Millennials are currently 25.5% of the electorate, they are expected to make up 36.5% by 2020. http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/p20-568.pdf http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/09/blacks-outvoted-whites-in-2012-the-first-time-on-record/?hpt=hp_t3