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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Well, the nine percent of them that made up the caucusgoers made them pretty insignificant even if they all voted for Cruz or Rubio.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"It means that Trump is the overwhelming favorite to win the GOP nomination by popular vote. Nothing that Cruz or Rubio do seems to be making a difference, and the narratives of evangelical voters picking Cruz or Hispanic voters picking Rubio due to solidarity seem to be false.
edited 24th Feb '16 8:06:20 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Maybe latinos are not partisan idiots by race/origin country, and instead, are partisan idiots by political party affiliation, go figure.
I mean, the mere suggestion that the Republican GOP would even allow the average latino to vote in their caucuses is kinda silly. Or am I wrong there and it is real easy to get into the caucus of stuff?
edited 24th Feb '16 8:09:41 AM by Aszur
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothesIdiocy aside, the narrative seems not to be that Republican Hispanics will avoid Trump because of his rhetoric about expelling Mexicans, but rather that they represent that demographic group that also wants the Mexicans kicked out, since they got here legitimately and worked hard while all those illegals are freeloading.
There's also probably the same underlying sentiment that government and politicians are not serving their needs, so they want an outsider to come in and shake up the system.
edited 24th Feb '16 8:11:14 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"I literally asked what was the point in bringin up the news though, as if it were something new or unexpected? Was something else new, or expected? Do you want to hear that political pundits are pretty much idiots, especially if they generalize an entire race? What do you want outta that?
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothesAren't most GOP hispanics NOT of Mexican descent? What would a Cuban or a Columbian care if Mexicans got crapped on?
edited 24th Feb '16 8:22:20 AM by FFShinra
Sarcasm aside, the way Trump and his ilk talk about Mexican immigrants is essentially a catch-all term for any and all migrants from Latin American nations. It's kind of like a 19th century European calling all Asians "Chinamen". In one of the earlier GOP debates, Rubio even tried to point out that most illegal immigrants to the US from South America aren't even Mexican, something that absolutely no one seemed interested in.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has endorsed Cruz for president.
edited 24th Feb '16 11:10:50 AM by sgamer82

This proves Cruz/Rubio have no significant advantage with that demographic. There's the surprise—although many of us saw it coming.
edited 24th Feb '16 7:59:46 AM by SolipsistOwl