Obama did lose religious voters in swing states, but not by a large enough margin. Irreligious voters are less of a group and more of a symptom. But they are also a reminder that this is not an economic debate, but a culture war, and that the social issues cannot be detached from the political issues.
A Republican Party that caters to an establishment elite is never going to be able to replicate the radical left’s organizing efforts. So there are two choices here. Organize and radicalize or lose. The Republican Party can no longer win a race against a radical leftist without the Tea Party.
So what did account for the Asian category vote shift toward Obama? One answer may be that two groups, Chinese and Indians, that Republicans perform badly with, increased as a larger share of the Asian electorate.
The Republican share of the vote from each race in 2012 is closest to the demographic picture of America. Two out of three minority groups are overrepresented. And only black people are underrepresented. The Republican Party looks like America. The Democratic Party does not.
Strategas earlier this week said it expects a recession early in 2013 .The Dow Jones industrial average is down 2 percent. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 also both sank more than 2%
The GOP chased the voters it didn’t have. The Democrats chased the voters they did have and made sure as many of them as possible showed up to vote.
The GOP softened its message. The Democrats hardened theirs. The GOP tried to be moderate. The Democrats tried to be extremist.
Guess which plan worked?
In the short term, getting 44 percent of the Latino vote can win elections. In the long term you’re shifting the demographics so that winning elections becomes impossible. And that’s at 44 percent. Imagine it at 31 percent. Then imagine running against the first Democratic Mexican candidate for president.
To be fair this could easily fit into the next J Street conference or Sarah Silverman comedy routine.
“Obama of course,” Turabi told AFP when asked about his US presidential preference during an interview. The man who would later become known for inviting Osama Bin Laden to make his home in Khartoum in 1991 has long been a central figure in Sudanese politics.
