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Republicans Should Worry About THIS Chart. (Original Post) kpete Jan 2016 OP
I agree Gothmog Jan 2016 #1
Maria Catalina Perez de Villegas kpete Jan 2016 #2
Great graphs. Here are a couple of other graphs from your link. pampango Jan 2016 #3
The least dumb Republicans are well aware of it Major Nikon Jan 2016 #4
and the DNC needs to be working on closing that gap between 23.3 and 11.2 Takket Jan 2016 #5

kpete

(72,904 posts)
2. Maria Catalina Perez de Villegas
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 11:12 AM
Jan 2016

my name as given to me by my Abuelita




la paz sea contigo,
kp

Major Nikon

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4. The least dumb Republicans are well aware of it
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 11:56 AM
Jan 2016

The Texas GOP is well aware of the GOTV numbers that are required to insure any sort of a chance of victory. Texas is now only 43% white and declining, so at some point many of the state elections will become untenable for the GOP or they significantly change their platform in regards to minorities. If they significantly change their platform, they will lose their base because haters still gotta hate. As Texas goes, so does the rest of the GOP as they will never be able to win a presidential election without the Texas electoral college votes. That's why the Wendy Davis campaign was so important. Even though it was a tactical loss, it was still a strategic victory because it rebuilt the Texas Democratic Party infrastructure for future elections.

So yeah, those in the GOP with more than a few synapses firing are scared shitless. Their ship is sinking, and if this next election doesn't drive that reality home, the next one will.

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