Republicans' Growing Latino challenge

With a new campaign beginning for the presidential elections, theories on ways to pull a group towards a certain candidate are constantly changing. A major factor that comes with each party is the core values that the party holds as an ideology. This has become a major setback for the republicans as the Hispanic population is topping nearly 22 million. Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population and a critical swing vote in national elections. There are currently more Hispanic U.S. residents than African-Americans, and this group’s projected growth rate far exceeds native-born blacks and non-Hispanic whites. The Hispanic growth has accounted for over half of the U.S. population growth over the past decade, but even with such a strong growth, political participation by this community is lacking.
The surging population change marks new landmark dilemmas for the Republican Party, which is traditionally an anti-immigrant party. With the leading Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, adopting a harsh policy on illegal immigration he has brought together the more conservative votes, but has greatly hurt himself with such a big population. A poll taken recorded that 60% of Hispanics said that the Democratic Party is more likely to help them achieve the “American Dream”. Reformations are being made to help aid the Party, but could the Republican Party need a rebuilding a new ideas with the changing population? The overwhelming numbers prove that reformations are needed to help make a dent in several swing states holding large percentages of Hispanics, including: New Mexico (42.5%), Florida (19.2%), Nevada (17.3%) and Colorado (13.4%). Appealing to this community is plays a vital role in how the November election will play out it seems that the Republican Party might be too late because nearly two-thirds of Hispanic voters will back Democrats.

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