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Hispanics and the GOP

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Howard Megdal

HOWARD MEGDAL: Make no mistake about it: support for the immigration law in Arizona will alienate Hispanics the way African-Americans have been alienated by the GOP over decades of dog-whistle racism.

JESSICA BADER: The Republican Party’s hard shift to the right on immigration is often referred to as something that will benefit them in the short term but hurt them in the long run as Hispanics make up an ever-growing share of the universe of potential voters. I’m not so sure that it’s even a short-term winner for them

You may find it morally reprehensible, irresponsible from a policy perspective, and so on. But what choice does the party have, politically? Continue reading →

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Immigration Reform and the Democratic Party

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Jessica Bader

JESSICA BADER: The purported political implications of immigration reform seem to go a long way towards explaining why it stalled a few years ago and why its fate is uncertain now. Democrats in swing districts (particularly in the Rust Belt) fear Lou Dobbs-style demagoguery from the right that could cost them their seats in Congress. Republicans worry that immigration reform would result in a growing bloc of Hispanic voters increasingly loyal to the Democratic Party. However, both sides have it wrong.

HOWARD MEGDAL: Consider me a skeptic that Immigration Reform, championed by the Democrats and demagogued by the Republicans, will lead to Hispanic voters leaving the Democratic Party in droves. History has shown that groups who get big victories from political parties tend to stay awfully loyal. Continue reading →

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