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Trump Obliterates Myth of Immigration As Non-Winning Issue
« on: November 12, 2016, 05:44:00 pm »
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Trump Obliterates Myth of Immigration As Non-Winning Issue
Exit polls indicate the president-elect out-polled 2012 nominee Romney among Latinos

by Brendan Kirby | Updated 11 Nov 2016 at 3:30 PM
Among the many nuggets of conventional wisdom that President-elect Donald Trump cast aside Tuesday was that his tough rhetoric on restoring law and order to the nation’s immigration system would ignite a massive wave of Hispanic voters who would bury him.

It did not happen.

“People just assume that Latinos are just single-issue voters and are going to vote on immigration, alone.”
While Hispanics made up a larger share of the vote than they did four years ago, their share was down in some key swing states, according to exit polls. And Trump actually performed better than 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney among Latinos and black voters.

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Re: Trump Obliterates Myth of Immigration As Non-Winning Issue
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2016, 05:44:28 pm »
Sen. Lindsay Graham and others, maybe Ryan too; wanted to give out amnesty.

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Re: Trump Obliterates Myth of Immigration As Non-Winning Issue
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2016, 05:47:23 pm »
Marco's success at raising amnesty as a core issue started the process. Little Marco permanently reduced himself as a bystander when he lost his own state in the Presidential primary, then he barely escaped in his reelection bid.

The GOP needs to stop listening to liberals when they crow about what the GOP needs to do to win.
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