Latino Voters Are The Republican Party's 'Great Challenge,' GOP Strategist Says

A bilingual sign announces a polling place in the home state of Republican presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) November 4, 2008 in Phoenix, Ariz. (File photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Republican Party strategist Whit Ayres says a new Fox News poll showing a strong preference for Democrats among Latino voters underscores what he called “the great challenge of the Republican Party going forward” – doing better with non-white voters, especially Latinos and Asians.

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Comments

[freedom1947]

10:20 AM on 03/09/2012

Go back to the tanning salon, learn spanish, and lie about your concerns for American hispanics.

[Assumed Name]

10:10 AM on 03/09/2012

I disagree with Ayres: Republicans are stupid and they can't count.

[den1953]

10:04 AM on 03/09/2012

I guess that is why the Republicans have no problem making it harder for Latino's to live in those states the republican governors want them out, might be why the Republicans want to electrify the fence at the border of Mexico, might be why they are against the Dream act and are building those fancy new jails in AZ?

[WhatDaBleep]

09:59 AM on 03/09/2012

Any Latino who votes republican is betraying their race - just like any woman who votes republican is betraying their gender!

[serdelp]

03:20 PM on 03/10/2012

Although I most certainly agree with you comment, one very important fact..... "Hispanic" is not a race. It is only a very generic title given to all Latins as a easy way to describe them, forgetting that all Latins are not the same and are as different from each other as any other nationality. To simply place them into this generic category and melting pot takes away any unique characteristics they all posses.

[ArmoredSaint]

09:52 AM on 03/09/2012

Wow, thats a surprise. After demonizing these people and pointing to them as the cause of all our problems, you now find it challenging to get them to vote for you. Who'd have thought?

[uniquindividual]

09:38 AM on 03/09/2012

A significant percentage of republicans -possibly a majority - fear change/diversity.

many are segregationists as well.

[sagmann]

09:28 AM on 03/09/2012

ONLY Latinos, my GOP friend? If you really believe that, you gonna have a stormy awakening, when American women hit the voting booth.
Obama/Biden 2012 + a Congress working for the American Citizens, not for the travestite of justice (Justices?) called Citizens United.

[evilchihuahua]

09:22 AM on 03/09/2012

Any person of color, LGBT, woman, or any sentient being with an IQ higher than the average hammer should and will always be a challenge for the GOP.
This party is out of control and potentially leading us to a very dark point in history if not kept in check.

[andyg]

09:14 AM on 03/09/2012

The fact is their in no united latino block, so they votes are up for grab.

[serdelp]

03:28 PM on 03/10/2012

Oh, I think you're wrong. Most intelligent Latino of any nationality or racial background will remember all that was said about them and how the republicans feel about them. They are no one's fool. They are not blindly going to the polls in November and vote republican. These foolish republican Hispanics are only fooling themselves thinking that they are all a united front and that all Latinos will vote republicans. Yeah, let them keep dreaming that and come election day that dream will become a nightmare.

[oliver clothesov]

09:09 AM on 03/09/2012

Romney or Obama? The rest of the world must be laughing at us and it is not funny.

RON PAUL or keep em all.

[Assumed Name]

10:11 AM on 03/09/2012

...quite a few are laughing at you.

--Obama/Biden, 2012

[Superpac]

09:00 AM on 03/09/2012

At some point the republicans are going to realize that 1% is not enough to win an election.

[sagmann]

09:29 AM on 03/09/2012

Really? Have you already forgotten 2000 and 2004?

[freedom1947]

10:22 AM on 03/09/2012

I forgot. And I promised never to drink that booze again. But I ran out of rolling papers.

[serdelp]

03:30 PM on 03/10/2012

No we haven't, but thank God those dismal years only brought it home how important it is to never vote for a republican again!

[WhatDaBleep]

10:01 AM on 03/09/2012

They do however have the money to make sure that all electronic voting machines provide the results that they want!

[shankapotomus]

08:51 AM on 03/09/2012

Pretty sad when you have to depend on foreign voters to win an American election.

[abandofoutsiders]

09:57 AM on 03/09/2012

You know that foreigners can vote right? I don't think that people with green card can vote, the problem is and will always be the rhetoric, stuff like "Pretty sad when you have to depend on foreign voters to win an american election" is simply to antagonize voters whose families where at one point immigrants.

[den1953]

10:07 AM on 03/09/2012

Even sadder when the Republican Party relies on foreign money for their super PAC's!

[TexianLife]

08:42 AM on 03/09/2012

I hope the majority of Latinos will all wake up before its too late. The GOP will continue to take away rights & freedoms.

The GOP is only beginning. And once you've lost your rights, it will take years plus smart voting to get back what you did have.

As a woman, I don't want to go back to living like people did in the 1950's or further back in time.

[abandofoutsiders]

10:13 AM on 03/09/2012

Texianlife, I think the problem with the GOP is just their anti immigrant rethoric . Obama has been by far tougher on immigration than Bush ( who I think actually tried to pass an immigration reform). As I learn a little bit more about the issues ( believe me I have changed my mind many times) , I don't think that there is any real interest in any of the parties to try to actually do something about the rights of immigrants ( in fact, in my city Occupy I think there was subtle anti-inmigrant sentiment and I think that in part had to do with their support for unions and workers) . As far as democratic politicians go I think they will just sit quietly because they know they have the votes, some of the replubican politicians are so far out that just not demonizing immigrants seem to be enough. I don't think that that would be enough for long tho. That's just my opinion maybe I am wrong anyway I would love to hear your,and others, opinion!
P.S as for women rights what the GOP is doing is horrendous.

[superdestroyer]

08:41 AM on 03/09/2012

The biggest challenge for conservatives in the U.S. are the millions of automatic Democratic Party voters who will vote for higher taxes and more entitlements just as long as someone else pays the taxes and they get the benefits.

The Republicans should just face the fact that the U.S. has become a one party state. All of the current Republicans should be voting in the Democratic primary in order to have some influence on policy and governance.

[abandofoutsiders]

10:33 AM on 03/09/2012

To be fair superdestroyer part of what you are saying is right, but I think the problem might be deeper. During the 30's, 40's and specially the 50s keynesian economics created wealth and specially stability, it was almost a religion until the 70's and 80's when the economical crisis made urgent to re-elaborate the model. The alternative was the Neo-liberal model, and to be fair it created great wealth ( a lot of inequality but that wasn't a real problem when the model was working ) until it eventually crashed in the 00s. Now the problem seem to be to decide what are we going to do and how are political parties going to re-articulate their rethoric, I think the big strength of Reagan was to match the times distrust for "Big Government" , with an opposing economical system. Today I don't think most people still believe in the power of private enterprise as the answer to everything.

[US Patent 7089319]

08:31 AM on 03/09/2012

Latinos, blacks, women, all educated people, gay people, young people, I'd say almost everyone is a challenge for Republicans.