What Happened To The GOP in 2012

[sg0508]

I believe Rick Perry was the most dangerous candidate against the Democrats in terms of the Electoral College because he would have gotten a higher Latino and rural vote than Romney. This could have flipped Ohio, Florida and maybe Virginia and either Pennsylvania or Colorado with increased  turnout. However his campaign got stuck on stupid issues and never got out of the starting gate.

I think his campaign got stuck on Rick Perry being stupid.  He's an absolute joke.  Forget Perry's resume, he fails the basic test of competence.  Obama would have smoked him.

Perry's candidacy was just about EVERYTHING WRONG with the GOP platform and party in 2012.  He's a good summary of what's wrong.

[sg0508]

The "white" card is correct and we saw it on election night.  The demographic problem is one the GOP brought on themselves.  In addition, they continue to have the "top 5%" label.

There was a single poll on election night that predicted the outcome.

"Do the candidate's policies support the rich, middle class or poor?".  I think 60%+ said Romney's supported the rich and over 2/3 said Obama's supported the middle class and poor.  Whether they do or don't is irrelevant.  In public, perception=reality. 

All you had to do is see that one poll and you knew the outcome without watching any returns.

[sg0508]

Again, I think it's pretty simple:

1) The obvious demographic problem discussed ad nauseum
2) The top 5% perception

The only reason the GOP holds as many offices as they do is because of the off-year elections where turnout is down.  If each election's turnout was up at the presidential level, forget it.