What Should the GOP Do To Appeal To Minorities?

[Del Tachi]

The GOP should focus on winning the Hispanic, Asian, and maybe even the Arab vote.

Asians are Arabs are "model minorities" and much more easily to attract to the Republican Party because they tend to not be economically deprieved like other minority groups, so the GOP's economic policies aren't going to affect them that much.  However, they tend to be socially moderate-to-liberal so the GOP would have some work to do in that area. 

I think when talking about Hispanic politics the issue of immigration is way overplayed.  The GOP needs to start talking to Hispanics that live outside the Southwest, there are lagre Hispanic populations in Florida, Georgia, New York, Illinois, etc.  About 50% of these Hispanics tend to be college educated and have white collar jobs.  Most of the Hispanics living in the Southwest tend to be stuck in service-oriented or manafacturing-related jobs, naturally making them more likley to vote Democrat.  However, most of them tend to be Socially Conservative.  So, maybe the GOP needs to start nominating Populist, Hispanic politicians for posistions in the Southwest.


In general though, the GOP cannot expect to run a minority candidate at the national level and expect to win the minority vote.  They need to start laying the foundation for a "redding" of the minority voters by nominating more non-White candidates to posistions in state government and a few congressional seats.