The future of the GOP's demographics

[Oldiesfreak1854]

What Padfoot said -apart from a few token blacks, African Americans are a lost cause for the GOP, and have been since the 1960s (thank Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy for that legacy):

 


Best to focus your outreach on Latinos and Asians. 

First, the Southern strategy was about outreach to suburban, moderate Southerners, not white racists.  And second, the GOP definitely needs to improve black outreach.  We don't need to win the black vote yet, but we need to start chipping away at the Democrats' advantage.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

What Padfoot said -apart from a few token blacks, African Americans are a lost cause for the GOP, and have been since the 1960s (thank Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy for that legacy):

 


Best to focus your outreach on Latinos and Asians. 

First, the Southern strategy was about outreach to suburban, moderate Southerners, not white racists.  And second, the GOP definitely needs to improve black outreach.  We don't need to win the black vote yet, but we need to start chipping away at the Democrats' advantage.

Those so called "moderates" we're just better at hiding their racial biases.  The flip of the south from dem to GOP is totally attributable to racial politics and it remains largely so to this day.  The southern strategy first employed by Nixon used racial dog whistles that allowed people to shield their prejudices while still openly talking about inherently racial issues.

Could you please provide evidence aside from liberal talking points?

[Oldiesfreak1854]

What Padfoot said -apart from a few token blacks, African Americans are a lost cause for the GOP, and have been since the 1960s (thank Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy for that legacy):

 


Best to focus your outreach on Latinos and Asians. 

First, the Southern strategy was about outreach to suburban, moderate Southerners, not white racists.  And second, the GOP definitely needs to improve black outreach.  We don't need to win the black vote yet, but we need to start chipping away at the Democrats' advantage.

Those so called "moderates" we're just better at hiding their racial biases.  The flip of the south from dem to GOP is totally attributable to racial politics and it remains largely so to this day.  The southern strategy first employed by Nixon used racial dog whistles that allowed people to shield their prejudices while still openly talking about inherently racial issues.

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(http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=1941)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6RWSqNf7c "They are not racist...they are black and white, native and foreign-born, young and old."

Does this sound like someone who was trying to win support from white racists with dog whistles?

[Oldiesfreak1854]

First, the Southern strategy was about outreach to suburban, moderate Southerners, not white racists.

Who told you this?

White residents in Southern metropolitan areas (I'm assuming what you mean by "moderate" (lol) white suburban southerners) were already a good base of support for the Republicans before the infamous 'southern strategy'. This was not because of some sort of tactic but mere demographic change, the South was catching up economically with the rest of the nation. Southerners and non-Southerners were moving away from Yankeeland/rural Southern areas to better opportunities in the more urban areas.

The 'Southern Strategy' (and Goldwater came up with it first) was about shoring up the rest of the Southern white vote, or as Goldwater put it, "hunt where the ducks are."

That was one election.