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How The GOP Can Win Back African American Voters

How The GOP Can Win Back African American Voters
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Editor, Black Voices

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R), speaks to the media while flanked by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) (L), Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) (2nd-L), and Sen. John Thune (R-SD) after the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol January 29, 2013 in Washington, DC. Senate Republicans gathered at the luncheon to discuss their agenda. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R), speaks to the media while flanked by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) (L), Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) (2nd-L), and Sen. John Thune (R-SD) after the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol January 29, 2013 in Washington, DC. Senate Republicans gathered at the luncheon to discuss their agenda. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

On Monday, the Republican National Committee released a report analyzing the party’s loss in last year’s presidential election. It was surprisingly frank about Republicans’ failure to attract just about any group except white men; women, young people and every racial and ethnic minority in the country feel alienated by the GOP’s policies and style, the report said.

Unless the Republican Party can move beyond its base, it faces political euthanasia down the road. As the report explains, the electorate was 88 percent white in 1980; in 2012 the white share fell to 72 percent. Hispanics have risen from 7 percent of the electorate in 2000 to 10 percent last year. By 2050, whites will only represent 47 percent of the population; Hispanics will comprise 29 percent and Asians 9 percent.

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