Republican Party on the Decline?

[NightHawkeye]

How does the media find it necessary to vilify?

I would instead ask, why?

 

[Aldebaran]

How does the media find it necessary to vilify?

Most of the members of the media are liberal Democrats. They live in the big cities where people are mostly left-leaning in their political views. Places like New York and Los Angeles are where the media organizations are headquartered and is where the journalists working for them live. People who are more conservative, such as Tea Party members (Tea stands for Taxed Enough Already) have a very different political ideology which tends to make liberals feel threatened. Tea Party members and others who are conservative usually just want to be left alone to make their own decisions and not have government dictating everything. Left-leaning folks tend to favor larger government, believing we can accomplish more by having centralized power. They tend to see conservatives as a roadblock to that. Conservatives tend to see liberals as those who are all too willing to give up freedom for security.

So it shouldn't come as a surprise that the media organizations are going to favor liberals. It aligns with their own views.

 

[AceHero]

So it shouldn't come as a surprise that the media organizations are going to favor liberals. It aligns with their own views.

If only there was an 24/7 news outlet that conservatives could call their own...

 

[A2SG]

Romney's failure as president is theoretical

But his failures as a chief executive in the public sector are not.

-- A2SG, as I keep pointing out, there's a good reason he never bothered to try and run for a second term....

 

[jgarden]

The "elephant in the room" is the changing voter demographic whereby America's visible minorities (Hispanics, "blacks," Asians) will become the voting majority by 2050 - and each has a long tradition of supporting the Democrats.

Sofar the Republican strategy has been to suppress the Democratic vote, but that approach can't postpone the inevitable indefinitely.

 

[jazzflower92]

The "elephant in the room" is the changing voter demographics whereby America's visible minorities (Hispanics, "blacks," Asians) will become the majority by 2050 and each has a long tradition of supporting the Democrats.

Sofar the Republican strategy has been to suppress the Democratic vote, but that approach can't keep the "enemy at bay" undefinitely.

Democrats overestimate how much the minorities support them because many of them also are social conservative. Not to mention some might turn over to the Republicans if they see that they disagree too much with the Democrats on many issues.

Also the so called suppression thing has been overblown to sensationalistic levels.

 

[AceHero]

The "elephant in the room" is the changing voter demographics whervby America's visible minorities (Hispanics, "blacks," Asians) will become the majority by 2050 and each has a long tradition of supporting the Democrats.

Sofar the Republican strategy has been to supress the Democratic vote, but that apptoacj can't keep the "enemy at bay" undefinitely.

Absolutely. The 2012 election was the last time someone could be elected president by solely relying on the white vote (and even then that technique failed). America is rapidly becoming very ethnically and racially diverse, and the Republicans should be nervous about that. While the Republicans may have added to the diversity of Congress with a black woman, they tend not to cater very well to minorities and Millennials during presidential election years. In addition to minorities increasing in number, the Millennials are the largest single age demographic this country has ever seen. If they turn out in large numbers in two years, that could spell big trouble for the GOP.

 

[jazzflower92]

Absolutely. The 2012 election was the last time someone could be elected president by solely relying on the white vote (and even then that technique failed). America is rapidly becoming very ethnically and racially diverse, and the Republicans should be nervous about that. While the Republicans may have added to the diversity of Congress with a black woman, they tend not to cater very well to minorities and Millennials during presidential election years. In addition to minorities increasing in number, the Millennials are the largest single age demographic this country has ever seen. If they turn out in large numbers in two years, that could spell big trouble for the GOP.

You still are overestimating how much of the minorities vote Democrat because I do believe its more than people think. And actually after seeing some people currently apart of the younger crowd there are minorities who are willing joining. Although they are labeled Uncle Toms for being so called sell outs.

 

[jgarden]

Democrats overestimate how much the minorities support them because many of them also are social conservative. Not to mention some might turn over to the Republicans if they see that they disagree too much with the Democrats on many issues.

Also the so called suppression thing has been overblown to sensationalistic levels.

Based on the 2012 Presidential Election, 71% of Hispanics, 93% of "blacks," and 73% of Asians voted Democratic, and as long as Republicans choose to take a sharp turn to the political "right" to appease their Tea Party members, attracting these groups with those kinds of policies is wishful thinking.

United States presidential election, 2012 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[jazzflower92]

Based on the 2012



United States presidential election, 2012 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That election is that election and not an indicator for the future because its often unpredictable.

 

[jgarden]

That election is that election and not an indicator for the future because its often unpredictable.

The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior and visible minorities would rather register their displeasure by staying home from the polls - than vote for Republicans.

 

[Colter]

Based on the 2012 Presidential Election, 71% of Hispanics, 93% of "blacks," and 73% of Asians voted Democratic, and as long as Republicans choose to take a sharp turn to the political "right" to appease their Tea Party members, attracting these groups with those kinds of policies is wishful thinking.

United States presidential election, 2012 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

True, but that's because these people were looking for a sugar daddy in Obama, but what they discovered, at least the blacks on the (D)'s ideological plantation, is they didn't get any better under Obama apart form the disastrous Obamacare fraud. The great many Hispanic criminals who snuck into America illegally aren't going to get the free ride to citizenship they hoped for and a good many Asians from communist backgrounds (who deal in cash to avoid taxation) are finding that because Obama lied to them about healthcare, they will loose coverage and have to buy a much more expensive policy to take on the free loaders coming into the system.

But I agree, we have reached a critical mass of low information voters in the presidential elections who are looking for a Santa Claus president. With 3,000,000 children quitting free school each year, the increasingly paternalistic government will be forced to take care of them lest they riot and burn down cities.

 

[bhsmte]

That election is that election and not an indicator for the future because its often unpredictable.

Sure it is an indicator of future trends, they track this stuff quite closely.

Mid term elections like the one of this week, typically have lower turnout with less younger voters choosing to vote and this showed up in the numbers and helped republicans. The 2016 presidential election, will likely have a higher turnout, which means the republicans will still need to win over a percentage of minority voters as compared to 2012 to win the presidency.

Now, with that said, the Democrats did take it in the shorts this week, no question and their was a clear message sent. The ball is in the republicans court and time will tell what they do with it.

 

[morningstar2651]

Democrats overestimate how much the minorities support them because many of them also are social conservative. Not to mention some might turn over to the Republicans if they see that they disagree too much with the Democrats on many issues.

Also the so called suppression thing has been overblown to sensationalistic levels.

Agreed. The Democrats accuse the Republicans of suppression and the Republicans accuse the Democrats of fraud. Both are incredibly rare and so insignificant as to not effect the outcome of an election.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Agreed. The Democrats accuse the Republicans of suppression and the Republicans accuse the Democrats of fraud. Both are incredibly rare and so insignificant as to not effect the outcome of an election.

Both have been used within recent history to affect the outcome of elections.

Neither should be tolerated. Reasonable common sense solutions exist which effectively eliminate both fraud and suppression and such solutions should be implemented as soon as possible.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Both have been used within recent history to affect the outcome of elections.

Neither should be tolerated. Reasonable common sense solutions exist which effectively eliminate both fraud and suppression and such solutions should be implemented as soon as possible.

The solutions exist on paper but they need to be properly implemented -- and we need to make sure that the response is proportional to the actual problem, not the perceived problem... you don't kill a mosquito with a cannon.

 

[morningstar2651]

Both have been used within recent history to affect the outcome of elections.

Neither should be tolerated. Reasonable common sense solutions exist which effectively eliminate both fraud and suppression and such solutions should be implemented as soon as possible.

Which elections have recently been won by fraud or voter suppression?

 

[HonestTruth]

Two links which show why Republicans won on Tuesday:


Dear Democratic Party Are You Ready To Fight Yet?

Reality Check for Democrats: Republicans Sell Lies Better Than You Tell the Truth



Apologies for one indiscreet word that appears in the first link but she does make good points as does the second writer.

Both put the blame squarely on the Democrats (as I did previously) because of their refusal to run intelligent campaigns. They could easily have countered the emotionalism and lies used by the Republicans with the truth that President Obama's agenda is actually working. But they refused to do so to their detriment and to that of the USA.

As conservative Ron Paul said, with the neocon win expect to see another war and that will mean the loss of more precious American lives:

Ron Paul: 'Republican control of the Senate = expanded neocon wars' - Hit & Run : Reason.com

All too often you pay for the choices you make.

 

[nightflight]

nm, I misunderstood.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Two links which show why Republicans won on Tuesday:


Dear Democratic Party Are You Ready To Fight Yet?

Reality Check for Democrats: Republicans Sell Lies Better Than You Tell the Truth



Apologies for one indiscreet word that appears in the first link but she does make good points as does the second writer.

Both put the blame squarely on the Democrats (as I did previously) because of their refusal to run intelligent campaigns. They could easily have countered the emotionalism and lies used by the Republicans with the truth that President Obama's agenda is actually working. But they refused to do so to their detriment and to that of the USA.

As conservative Ron Paul said, with the neocon win expect to see another war and that will mean the loss of more precious American lives:

Ron Paul: 'Republican control of the Senate = expanded neocon wars' - Hit & Run : Reason.com

All too often you pay for the choices you make.

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