How would Kasich and Rubio be doing with minority voters?

[Ronnie]

Would they have been able to prevail this year by depressing turnout among blacks, Latinos, and Asians or would they have been able to substantially improve on Romney margins?  Or perhaps both?

I could see both of them breaking 30%, or maybe even 35%, with Latinos, but breaking 10% with blacks would be an uphill climb.  What do you all think?

[Torie]

Kasich got 30% of the black vote in Ohio when running for governor last time, so he might have some potential to get up to maybe even 15%, particularly given Hillary's issues. But Rubio would have no such potential. He comes across as too rigidly conservative, without projecting much empathy for the marginalized.

[5280]

Rubio would break about 40% with Latinos in my opinion.

[Kingpoleon]

Kasich:
Hispanic: ~37.5%
African-American: ~17.5%
Asian: ~30%
Other: ~42.5%

Rubio:
Hispanic: ~37.5%
African-American: ~10%
Asian: ~37.5%
Other: ~37.5%

Rubio overperforms with Hispanics relative to how he would be doing nationally.

[ProudModerate2]

Either would obviously being doing better than the orange-haired clown.
Rubio even slightly more than Kasich with Hispanics.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Much better than Trump.

[Dr. Arch]

I think Kasich would have done better with Hispanics (and other minorities) than Rubio.

I agree.

[henster]

Hillary's episode today if she were running against Rubio would've been devastating.

[Xing]

Certainly better than Trump, but still not well.

[Mr. Smith]

Certainly better than Trump, but still not well.

[Arbitrage1980]

Kasich would've gotten 45-49% of the latino vote.  Dubya got 44% in 2004, and he's much more divisive and conservative than Kasich is. 

A Kasich-Rubio or Kasich-Martinez ticket would have CRUSHED Hillary in the biggest GOP victory since HW Bush in 1988. They would have won 400+ electoral votes and the popular vote by around 10-12 points.

[Vosem]

Rubio would've at least repeated Bush '04 with Hispanics, but otherwise I doubt he would've improved too much. Kasich is more variable -- depending on the themes his general election campaign hit and how Hillary responded, I could see him not doing any better than Romney or improving even on 2004 numbers. Hard to say.

[‼realJohnEwards‼]

Since, in order to win the nomination, they would have had to have pushed significantly to the right, very badly.

[Maxwell]

Kasich would do slightly better with hispanics than Romney but not that much more. Kasich's win would largely be on the back of suburban whites returning to the GOP in droves in areas where the GOP has been shedding those voters. Rubio would do better with Kasich among hispanics, but worse among whites slightly.

I'd say low-to-mid 30s for Kasich and mid-to-high 30s for Rubio.

[Nyvin]

Kasich would've gotten 45-49% of the latino vote.  Dubya got 44% in 2004, and he's much more divisive and conservative than Kasich is. 

A Kasich-Rubio or Kasich-Martinez ticket would have CRUSHED Hillary in the biggest GOP victory since HW Bush in 1988. They would have won 400+ electoral votes and the popular vote by around 10-12 points.

No, he wouldn't have.   Polls released suggested no such advantage for Kasich.   

I think Kasich was kind of overrated.   The reason he never really got shown to be clowny like the rest of the Republicans was because he was never vetted or challenged by anyone.    He made a lot of questionable statements, especially toward women.   He probably would've been shown to have lots of flaws.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Kasich wouldn't have won Pa, he would have won Iowa and made a run at CO.

Rubio would have won NV, both would have defeated Clinton, now since the convention bounce has faded except TRUMP. But she boosted her standing in Pa especially since convention.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Much better than Trump.

With Hispanics, yes.

With blacks, not really.  Possibly not better at all.

With Asians, it depends. 

[Arbitrage1980]

Much better than Trump.

With Hispanics, yes.

With blacks, not really.  Possibly not better at all.

With Asians, it depends. 

Fair enough.  Blacks have been brainwashed by the Democratic Party and are totally unquestioningly subservient to them. 

Kasich would not have won Asians, but he would have gotten around 35-40% (Romney got 26%).

[Dr. Arch]

Much better than Trump.

With Hispanics, yes.

With blacks, not really.  Possibly not better at all.

With Asians, it depends. 

Fair enough.  Blacks have been brainwashed by the Democratic Party and are totally unquestioningly subservient to them. 

Kasich would not have won Asians, but he would have gotten around 35-40% (Romney got 26%).

Oh my lord...

[Roronoa D. Law]

Same as any other Republican not Trump. What makes these 2 any different?

[Kingpoleon]

Kasich would've gotten 45-49% of the latino vote.  Dubya got 44% in 2004, and he's much more divisive and conservative than Kasich is. 

A Kasich-Rubio or Kasich-Martinez ticket would have CRUSHED Hillary in the biggest GOP victory since HW Bush in 1988. They would have won 400+ electoral votes and the popular vote by around 10-12 points.

This is a 408-130 win:

I really doubt anyone not an incumbent could manage that.

[Figueira]

Same as any other Republican not Trump. What makes these 2 any different?

The're moderate heroes

[Arbitrage1980]

Kasich would've gotten 45-49% of the latino vote.  Dubya got 44% in 2004, and he's much more divisive and conservative than Kasich is. 

A Kasich-Rubio or Kasich-Martinez ticket would have CRUSHED Hillary in the biggest GOP victory since HW Bush in 1988. They would have won 400+ electoral votes and the popular vote by around 10-12 points.

This is a 408-130 win:

I really doubt anyone not an incumbent could manage that.

From looking at that map, HI, IL, NJ, CT, are probably stretches, but everything else would have been within grasp.  So yeah, I exaggerated with 400+; it would've been more like 370-385ish.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Kasich may get around 12% of the black vote nationally with maybe 20-30% in Ohio And probably get 31-34% of the Hispanic vote. I see Kasich doing better among Hispanics and Black voters than Rubio. Rubio is just a Cruz in moderate clothing, I think minorities would see past his facade.

[ag]

Rubio would break about 40% with Latinos in my opinion.

No way. But he would be taking 80% or more of Cubans in Florida.