It’s hard to underscore how significant the creation of a ‘Border Security Group’ by Democrats is.
It’s potentially transformative for Democrats who have been losing Hispanic voters since 2012.
Read this article carefully. It correctly describes the party’s decision to emphasize immigration as a driving issue to Latino voters.
This is perhaps the most tragically flawed strategic decision I’ve witnessed by either major political party in decades. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
Since the high water mark of Democratic Latino support under Obama, Democrats have been losing shares of Latino voters.
In three of the last four general elections Latinos have either shifted towards Republicans or maintained historically high levels of GOP support
Immigration has never polled high in the minds of Latino voters except in partisan surveys that Democrats and affiliated groups relied on - to their detriment.
No credible pollsters would have advised Democrats lean into this issue the way they have.
Because no one questioned the data, polling and advice Democrats have literally been messaging to the fastest shrinking share of the Latino electorate since 2012.
They’re now reaping the fruits of those decisions.
It is unconscionable that Democrats are suffering historic losses of Latino votes to Donald Trump but it’s happening because no one questioned the bad strategy of moving left when Latino voters were quantifiably moving right.
Again, losing record shares of Latino voters should have been enough of a red flag but losing them to Donald Trump should have been a five alarm fire going off.
But there wasn’t a peep beyond denial that anything was wrong
The shift towards humane but stringent border security - led by Latino members, border representatives & marginal seat members may be the wake up call the Democrats have needed and just in time.
Again, Latino voters (like all Americans) increasingly want border security. They feel the problem and want it resolved.
The problem Democrats have had with moving to the left to appeal to Latinos has always been wrong- but now a decade of data can no longer be ignored & denied
I will be explain why this happened in 2012, the flaw in Democratic polling and research that led to this but for the moment suffice it to say it appears the adults in the room have finally realized they’ve been misled.
Thank God.
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