Whether one believes that the USA has racial problems or not, one cannot deny the disparities in the voting behaviour of different racial groups. In the 2012 presidential election, for example, President Obama secured the support of 93% of African Americans, 71% of Hispanics and 39% of whites. Politics is viewed in very different ways by voters from different racial backgrounds, making race a significant issue in US politics.
The predicted growth in the Hispanic population in the decades to come makes a ‘Hispanic strategy’ an imperative for both main political parties. The failure of the Republican Party with this group in presidential elections is costing it victory: Mitt Romney would have won the presidency with the racial voting patterns of 2012, had the white community had the same clout as 20 years earlier.
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