The Republican candidates have placed great importance on the issue of immigration during this primary season. The New York Times stated that the Republican cadidates "talk about illegal immigration as if they were in an arms race on toughness." Could this platform hurt their chances of winning the 2008 race for the White House by offending the growing number of Hispanic voters? Or will it help them maintain the White House by using the issue against the Democratic candidates who have remained more or less silent on this issue until lately?
It will depend on what faction is larger, those Hispanics who vote, or Democrats worried about immigration. However, some Hispanics may vote with those Democrats.
ReplyDeleteI will be very interested to see how this plays out. I do think that some of the dems should at least make some kind of acknowledgement of this issue to possibly swing some of the undecided vote.
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