PSM
11-04-2015, 17:31
To hear political pundits tell it, Donald Trump has little chance to attract enough Hispanic voters to win the presidency in 2016 because of his plans to build a border wall and deport all illegal immigrants in America. Some pollsters and activists who have whipped up past Hispanic support for Republicans, however, see it differently.
They think Mr. Trump's lasering in on the economy and his perceived competence in creating jobs will appeal to the one segment of Hispanics that matters most in elections: those who work and tend to vote. That's because those voters fear illegal immigrants will compete for their jobs under the new Obama amnesty.
"This stuff you read about how Hispanics are going to run away from Trump in droves is a Northeastern myth," said longtime presidential campaign adviser Mark Sanders.
"Most Hispanics here in East Texas are here legally, they vote, and they are hard-line opponents of illegal immigration," said Mr. Sanders, a top adviser in Democrat Tony Sanchez's 2002 campaign to unseat then-Gov. Rick Perry. "The only one they want is Trump — not Hillary, not Bernie. That's the conundrum for Democrats."
Mr. Sanders says Hispanics in East Texas "come here from rural backgrounds, from the lower end of the social and economic ladder. Most of their kids go to community colleges because it's all their families can afford, and then go directly into the military. They have hard-core patriotism — just what Trump plays into," Mr. Sanders added.
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Niger Innis, a Congress of Racial Equality national official, thinks such personal testimony from Oscar and the restaurant workers is common enough to be worth taking seriously.
"Trump is actually doing surprisingly well among Hispanics," Mr. Innis said.
"If Trump maintains the 27 percent Latino vote I think he has, and gets just 20 percent of the black vote, he'll not only be elected president, he'll be elected in a landslide that will completely remake the electoral map," he added. "Places like Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan and even Illinois all of sudden come back in play, while states like Florida, Virginia, North Carolina are taken off the battleground map and put firmly in the Republican camp," said Mr. Innis.
Link: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/3/donald-trump-could-win-over-hispanics-who-fear-job/print/
Even Cesar Chavez was against illegal aliens: Cesar Chavez 1972 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ9jIXHhFJI)
Pat
They think Mr. Trump's lasering in on the economy and his perceived competence in creating jobs will appeal to the one segment of Hispanics that matters most in elections: those who work and tend to vote. That's because those voters fear illegal immigrants will compete for their jobs under the new Obama amnesty.
"This stuff you read about how Hispanics are going to run away from Trump in droves is a Northeastern myth," said longtime presidential campaign adviser Mark Sanders.
"Most Hispanics here in East Texas are here legally, they vote, and they are hard-line opponents of illegal immigration," said Mr. Sanders, a top adviser in Democrat Tony Sanchez's 2002 campaign to unseat then-Gov. Rick Perry. "The only one they want is Trump — not Hillary, not Bernie. That's the conundrum for Democrats."
Mr. Sanders says Hispanics in East Texas "come here from rural backgrounds, from the lower end of the social and economic ladder. Most of their kids go to community colleges because it's all their families can afford, and then go directly into the military. They have hard-core patriotism — just what Trump plays into," Mr. Sanders added.
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Niger Innis, a Congress of Racial Equality national official, thinks such personal testimony from Oscar and the restaurant workers is common enough to be worth taking seriously.
"Trump is actually doing surprisingly well among Hispanics," Mr. Innis said.
"If Trump maintains the 27 percent Latino vote I think he has, and gets just 20 percent of the black vote, he'll not only be elected president, he'll be elected in a landslide that will completely remake the electoral map," he added. "Places like Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan and even Illinois all of sudden come back in play, while states like Florida, Virginia, North Carolina are taken off the battleground map and put firmly in the Republican camp," said Mr. Innis.
Link: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/3/donald-trump-could-win-over-hispanics-who-fear-job/print/
Even Cesar Chavez was against illegal aliens: Cesar Chavez 1972 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ9jIXHhFJI)
Pat