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Only if you automatically concede them to the Democrats and make no effort to win them over to our side. With Trump's victory, we saw the results of converting just a few million white blue-collar Democrats to the Republican fold across the Rust Belt and elsewhere.

In 1970 non-Hispanic whites made up 89% of the population. Today they are 63%. By 2019 half of the children 18 and under will be minorities as defined by the USG. Each cohort that turns 18 annually is more minority and more Democrat. Non-Hispanic whites are declining in numbers. The demographics of the US in 2050 will be the same as CA today.

The non-Hispanic white population is projected to peak in 2024, at 199.6 million, up from 197.8 million in 2012. Unlike other race or ethnic groups, however, its population is projected to slowly decrease, falling by nearly 20.6 million from 2024 to 2060.

Meanwhile, the Hispanic population would more than double, from 53.3 million in 2012 to 128.8 million in 2060. Consequently, by the end of the period, nearly one in three U.S. residents would be Hispanic, up from about one in six today.

This is just tip of the iceberg and President Trump has huge potential to convert other demographic groups like inner-city blacks, who up to now, were never courted by the Republican Party.

A possibility, but who is saying what Trump is saying in the GOP about such things as immigration and trade? Getting 8% of the black vote was an improvement, but not the stuff of national victories. The Dems have won the popular vote in 6 out of the last 7 elections. Hillary is currently leading by 2 million votes. She has the third highest total in US history behind Obama's top two.

So yes, if we want to continue to write off everybody except white Anglo-Saxons, we are doomed demographically. But if we expand our message to all Americans who are sick and tired of the welfare state and the lack of opportunity in this country, it will be the liberal Democrats and not our side that reaps the whirlwind of demographic destiny.

The welfare state is still very much alive and well among minorities and immigrants. Unless we can grow the economy, add more good paying jobs, etc. things are not going to change. We have the lowest labor participation rates in nearly 50 years. We continue to bring in 1.1 million legal permanent immigrants a year along with 640,000 guest workers annually. They are taking American jobs and depressing wages. The poverty rolls are growing.

The worst thing the Republican Party can do is make the same blanket assumption about minority voters that Democrats have made for years.

Black inner-city voters are probably a lost cause. There's a reason why their voting patterns are the same as Indians living on reservations. But the Trump administration can make some great strides in molding an "America First" agenda that has strong appeal to Latin Americans who immigrated here legitimately. A recent immigrant who is now an employed American is a perfect fit for a conservative/populist agenda that Trump and the GOP leadership can bring to the table.

Agree with your facts but in order for us to survive and for our republic to survive, we must win them over and not simply write them off.

All humans want to be free and want to have an opportunity for economic success. We just have to make them see it and not continue to be slaves on the Democrat/Socialist plantation.