Sunday, February 28, 2016

The Math and the Map :: SteynOnline

The Math and the Map :: SteynOnline:
"...But, as things stand, these three electoral maps - 1988, 2000, 2012 - are a portrait of remorseless Republican decline.
What other bits of that Cuban heel might drop off?
The usually very astute Michael Barone says not to worry:
Republican fears that Hispanics would make Arizona, Texas and Florida as solidly Democratic as California are unfounded.
1988, 2000, 2012...
What about another 12 years?
In Arizona, a majority of grade-schoolers are Hispanic: 
Are you entirely confident AuH2O country will still be red a decade hence?
In 2010, seventy per cent of births at Dallas General Hospital were "anchor babies": 
If the GOP loses Texas' 38 electoral votes, there is no conceivable math that on the Rove turnout-model model gets them to the magic 270 - or anywhere near it.
None of the above has to do with philosophy or ideology, which is for voters to weigh as they see fit - Rubio on amnesty against Trump on the Obamacare mandate...."
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