The article also says that Romney got 59% of the WHITE VOTE.
Whites are still 70% of the electorate. Does ANY Republican leader give a crap as to why a Republican can barely get a majority of them? They don’t, because they know the answer will fit-in COMPLETELY with Trump’s policies, which is the LAST THING they want (in fact they prefer a Democrat president to Trump winning).
Whites will always have some sub-classes that will vote Democrat, like gays and man-hating feminists, but 80 PERCENT (or so) of whites are not in those classes. But many of them need A REASON to vote Republican. Trump is giving them that reason, as in getting Illegals out, so Americans can go back to work, keeping factories in the US, etc.
To me, Trump sounds like he’s EXPANDING THE PARTY. Paul’s two greatest attempts in that area are giving FELONS the right to vote, and giving CREDIBILITY to those who say Voter ID is racist. For some reason I have a problem seeing how that helps Republicans win elections.
Rand Paul will never be President. Or the rest of the guys at the kids’ table.