RovinsWorld Comments
I don't think that either party knows where it wants to go on this issue, nor can we really say which will be hurt more.
My guess is that hostility to illegal immigration will hurt the GOP more, because it has the potential to push Hispanic voters (of which there are a growing number) to the Democrats, simply in a visceral "we're not wanted" by the Republicans attitude. That said, no one can take a "give legal recognition to illegals via driver's licenses" and expect to be taken seriously.
The GOP is already locked out of the black vote; if we get locked out of the "brown" vote as well, we're done. Whites still split their 77% of the vote, based on issues, likes and dislikes, all sorts of things, but unless that changes to a pretty thoroughly monolithic "white" vote, the GOP can't win without being competitive for the Hispanic vote.
Dana said:
My guess is that hostility to illegal immigration will hurt the GOP more, because it has the potential to push Hispanic voters (of which there are a growing number) to the Democrats, simply in a visceral "we're not wanted" by the Republicans attitude
OK----I agree that this issue could be extreamly divisive, and there is no reason that prevents the GOP from welcoming EVERY legal hispanic into the fold by promoting their rights as American citizens. If you see my comment at Big Lizards on this issue, it's the driver's license part that could collect "agreement" with the GOP
Why do we assume that legal hispanic Americans are condoning open borders that allows others to bypass the system that they respected?
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