Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Does the GOP need the black vote?

Much has been said lately about black America. We have a black President, a black Attorney General and the RNC has it's first black leader. There is no doubt that blacks are making great strides in society today. Instead of finally coming to terms with our past and moving on it seems the media focus has been even more on race than in the past. Because of this the evil Republicans are being grilled about their programs aimed at minorities. How much are they giving to minority causes, how many programs are they cutting that will benefit minorities? Is it possible for the GOP to keep it's core values and cater to the minority population?

If it's core values are smaller government, pro 2nd Amendment, anti abortion and lower taxes than I don't think it's possible to give blacks what the Democrats will give them. That being said do we need their vote to get Republicans elected? I don't think so. Do we want to include all races in the party? Yes, but not at the expense of our morals. No matter what we have promised the black population in the past we still only pull about 10% at the most in an election.

Lets look at numbers. Blacks currently are about 15% of the population and Hispanics slightly more. Asians are 5%. Whites are around 70%. The numbers don't add up because there is some cross over in the demographics. In 2050 it is estimated Whites will be 46%, Blacks still 15%, Hispanics 30% and Asians 10%. I don't think we can continue to bend over and give everything to the black community only to have them turn around and vote for a Democrat. We need to stick to our principals and win them over because they want to live the American dream.

Our money and time would be better spent wooing the Hispanic population which is more religious and less inclined to look to government to solve their problems. Hispanics live more conservatively and family is more important to them. The road back to power does not go through the black community but the Hispanic.

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  1. Agree. Repubs... will need the Hispanics vote or it's all over. End of story!

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