Ten Reasons Why Republicans Will Be In Big Trouble With Voters If They Don’t Pass Immigration Reform This Year

A story of demographics and destiny, told in charts:

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latinodecisions.com

In 2012, Barack Obama won 75% of Latino voters to Mitt Romney’s 23%. That’s more than a 3-1 margin.

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latinovotematters.org

This spells big trouble for the GOP. Recent elections show that the minority share of the vote (Latinos, Asians, young people) are all growing, while the GOP’s white voter base is shrinking.

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theatlantic.com

A shrinking base of white voters means that Republicans will have to count on winning at least 63% of the white vote in future elections. As Karl Rove said, that’s a tall order because it last occurred with Ronald Reagan in 1984, the year the GOP won in a 49-state sweep.

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thinkprogress.org

Meanwhile, a growing number of Latino and minority voters could eventually turn even states like Texas blue. When that happens, as Ted Cruz said, “The Republican Party would cease to exist. We would become like the Whig Party.”

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americasvoiceonline.org

How can Republicans win more Latino voters? By passing immigration reform, a key legislative priority for Latinos.

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americasvoiceonline.org

Immigration reform is an incredibly personal issue to Latinos, most of whom personally know undocumented immigrants and many of whom have undocumented family members.

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gallup.com

The American electorate at large also widely supports immigration reform with a path to citizenship. A recent Gallup poll found that 9 out of 10 Americans, and 83% of conservatives, support passing immigration reform legislation that allows immigrants to become citizens.

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americasvoiceonline.org

It wouldn’t be hard. At least 26 Republicans in the House of Representatives support immigration reform and citizenship. Add this to the 200+ Democratic votes in the House, and that’s enough to pass immigration reform.

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thecostofinaction.com

Speaker John Boehner (and his deputies, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy) just need to give us a vote. Every day, the political and personal costs of inaction on immigration reform continue to climb.

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americasvoiceonline.org

If immigration reform fails, voters will blame Republicans. And we don’t think they can afford that.