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The thing that worries me is the GOP religious component. The fact that a high percentage of Latino immigrants are devout Catholics and an equally high percentage of African-Americans are Christian makes me nervous that having to choose between their faith or abortion and rights for LGBTQ people may sway many to vote conservative when push comes to shove.
It would be wise to take into consideration that Latino Catholics and Christian African-Americans in California came out strongly against Proposition 8 back in 2008.
The Cover Contest Weekly Winners ThreadSo much winning!!
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis
“It’s your party and you can cry if you want to.” - Captain Europe
Eh, I don't see too much of a risk there. In the Trump era, white evangelicals have clearly indicated that when it comes to Christian values or white supremacy, they're always going to choose the latter, so trying to sway minorities with religious arguments won't work. Not that the Republicans are even trying that anymore, abandoning their outreach efforts has solidified their status as the party of white people for the base, which is only a good thing as far as they're concerned.
There’s a great example of the absolute ignorance and racism of the Republican Party. They could have actually made some headway into the black and Hispanic voting demographic if they had really tried 15 or 20 years ago. Traditionally both groups are very religious, which could tie into the anti-abortion and anti-LGBT stances. They could have also pushed the “traditional family values” talking point to sway blue collar black and Latino voters as well. But instead republicans went all in with white nationalism. Which was a frightened and short sighted response to national demographic shifts. This circling the wagons to protect white Americans could be a death sentence. The only way they are able to maintain power is through gerrymandering, corruption, and voter suppression. I recall Republican strategists sounding the alarm in the 2000s that the party must do more to attract hispanic and black voters or face the reality of never winning the White House for decades. The white nationalist fear mongering worked in 2016. I can’t see it continuing to be a winning strategy unless they take voter suppression to new lows.
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I've been calling them that from the beginning:
Call immigrant detention centers what they really are: concentration camps
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Donald T doesn’t strike me as a very attractive candidate. And followed a strategy that wasn’t really aimed at winning the popular vote...he aimed to win under the existing rules. (0ne of the few sensible things he did...)
And didn’t lose popular vote by that big a margin. I’d be amazed if you theory isn’t disproved in your lifetime.
The Trump campaign definitely wasn't strategizing on that or any other level, they were barely even trying to win. The election was just a combination of disillusioned left wingers who stayed home out of protest or apathy, and racist rednecks who were far more motivated than anyone could have predicted to vote Trump to own the libs.
One person's take...
That the least popular candidate in modern times managed to sneak out a win against the someone almost as unpopular as he is doesn't amount to much. It's too specific an instance to be an indicator.
Edit: Even in that really specific instance, the Clinton campaign simply giving a second thought to what it did and did not have in the bag probably would have changed the outcome.
That mistake will probably not be repeated by a Democratic Presidential nominee in our lifetimes.
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