**updated**
This morning on CNN’s “Early Start,” Ashleigh Banfield and Zoraida Sambolin zeroed in on Rick Santorum’s latest English first gaffe in Puerto Rico, in conjunction with possible statehood. Using clips of Santorum talking on the subject, it was a damning segment, compliments of the candidate himself. It’s yet another example of the Republican Party’s problem, which is seen in the latest polling.
A Pew Research Center survey reported in the Los Angeles Times earlier this week has the numbers.
“The Republicans really are the party of white people, and especially older white people,” Kohut told reporters as the poll was released. “They’ve done nothing in this campaign to make themselves be more favorably viewed” among other parts of the electorate.
Latinos, for example, view the Republican Party unfavorably by a 2-1 margin (30% favorable, 60% unfavorable). By contrast, Latinos view the Democrats favorably, 56%-31%.
The picture among Americans under 30 is almost as negative, with 34% viewing the GOP favorably, while 53% have an unfavorable view. Their view of Democrats is almost the exact opposite, 54% have a positive view, and 35% negative. Among those with a college degree or more, only 31% said they had a favorable view of the Republicans, while 66% were unfavorable. That group, which was a key to Barack Obama’s victory in 2008, views Democrats favorably by 55%-42%.
The party of Limbaugh is limping along and his recent defamation of yet another female, this time private citizen Sandra Fluke, is a shining example of why.
(LA Times polling piece, h/t wb)
UPDATE: Mitt Romney took the opportunity to make Rick Santorum look culturally ignorant. From ABC News:
“I’ll go back to what I said before … I will support the people of Puerto Rico if they make a decision that they would prefer to become a state,” said Romney. “I don’t have preconditions that I would impose. I instead will stand and work with your governor to help carry out the will of the people of Puerto Rico.”
Kind of seems like the republican party has replaced the KKK. They have become the party for rich white folk and white ignorant poor and working class people. For anyone who doesn’t think racism and sexism is alive and well in a America….I give you the republican party.
angels81…I think you might be right.
The “good ol’ boys” are losing their power and their scared sh$tless because they haven’t a clue what’s going to happen to their so called American values, That the GOP is viewed as the party of white people doesn’t surprise me. All you have to do is read between the lines.
I bet anything their going to push Marco Rubio as a VP candidate to get hispanic votes, but its not going to work, because Rubio is in a party that is not in line with Hispanic voters. Their against gay rights, womens reproductive rights, among others. This is not popular no more with the majority of voters. No one should discriminate against the Republicans because of the majority is white, they should because they are not in line with the modern country that is growing more diverse. Its ok to have alot of white people in the party, but soon, they are going to have to reach out to minorities, or they won’t win in general elections. The GOP needs to stop hating everyone like womens rights, gay rights.
“No one should discriminate against the Republicans because of the majority is white, they should because they are not in line with the modern country that is growing more diverse.”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! project much?
Taylor, Romney sounds just like George W. Bush in his statement you updated with. Lord help us.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Newt, Santorum and Romney make Bush sound like a Rhodes scholar.