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Panfilo posted:It got me wondering how much longer is it going to be before Latinos make up a big enough voting bloc that Republicans can't ignore. 2008, possibly 2004 or 2000. The GOP 'establishment' has long realized that they had to make inroads with the Latino community but any time they try their base goes into 'screaming white sphere of rage'-mode and they lose their grasp on it. It's eventually going to cost them Texas and they're 100% cognizant of that fact.
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Panfilo posted:So what will happen when their angry white boomer demographic dies out? It's like they killed the golden gosling when it comes to Latinos ; a group that values starting their own businesses, fairly religious, strong family values, embraces hard work and complains very little on the job. I've been pondering on this question for almost a decade now. The screaming-rageball isn't going to go away and I think is always going to be big enough to sway national elections but never big enough to actually win. I have no idea how our two party system is going to respond to that. As it currently looks the GOP is going to be blocked from the presidency until they can cram these worms back into the can and get a lid on it, which I don't think is really possible at this point. On the one hand I'm glad that they're finally getting their just deserts but part of what makes our political system work is competition between the parties. If the democrats no longer have a plausible threat to check them it could lead to them adopting some real lovely policies. What could end up happening is the democratic primary ends up becoming the 'real' presidential election followed by them beating the GOP in a formality.
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