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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

The Demographic Trap for the GOP: Coming Fast in Florida

How the 2016 Election Was Rigged More Than 200 Years Ago (Jonathan Chait) from New York Magazine
"Florida encapsulates the demographic trap encircling the Republican Party. They have deeply alienated Latino voters there, and the first step in the party's elites' grand strategy to gain a hearing with them -- taking immigration policy off the table -- is nearly dead. Republicans right now would need a major electoral wave to win Florida, and without Florida, they have almost no viable path to prevail in a close election." ... "And, of course, they could always catch that wave with a well-timed recession or some other major political boon. Failing that wave, they are staring down a presidential electorate where the odds look increasingly dire.""

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