In 59 voting wards in Philly Romney registered 0 votes

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

SMACKS OF FRAUD.

According to Stephen's graphic, one district voted 100% for the Democrat, Fudge, and another voted 99.9% for the Republican, Boehner. So, it appears it is indeed possible.

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

one post containing a negative racial term removed.

Edited November 13, 2012 by charles!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

94% of blacks voted for Obama

59% of whites voted for Romney

Who are the bigger racists?

YOU would be the bigger racist. See, Obama's margin among blacks is not significantly higher than Democrats margin among that population. In other words, blacks voted for the Democratic candidate as they have done election after election regardless of what color the candidate's skin happened to be.

You can wipe that egg off your face now.

[Dakine10 5,452]

94%

So what. 84% voted for Clinton. We had a nice long thread on why minorities tend to vote Democrat. It was like talking to a brick wall.

Republicans don't like the answers to that question. The answer requires a change in attitude, and perhaps a shift in philosophy. Republicans don't want to change. They don't want to move to the center. They want everyone else to change.

The Republican party right now is like the kid trying to shove the square peg into the round hole. Only difference is the average 3 year old will realize it's not going to work, whereas the Republican party doesn't seem to be able to come to grips with that.

[^_^ 5,021]

So what. 84% voted for Clinton. We had a nice long thread on why minorities tend to vote Democrat. It was like talking to a brick wall.

Republicans don't like the answers to that question. The answer requires a change in attitude, and perhaps a shift in philosophy. Republicans don't want to change. They don't want to move to the center. They want everyone else to change.

The Republican party right now is like the kid trying to shove the square peg into the round hole. Only difference is the average 3 year old will realize it's not going to work, whereas the Republican party doesn't seem to be able to come to grips with that.

They will accept change when Frank Luntz tells them to. They're just awaiting orders.

[Danno 1,228]

So what. 84% voted for Clinton. We had a nice long thread on why minorities tend to vote Democrat. It was like talking to a brick wall.

Republicans don't like the answers to that question. The answer requires a change in attitude, and perhaps a shift in philosophy. Republicans don't want to change. They don't want to move to the center. They want everyone else to change.

The Republican party right now is like the kid trying to shove the square peg into the round hole. Only difference is the average 3 year old will realize it's not going to work, whereas the Republican party doesn't seem to be able to come to grips with that.

You almost sound like your election facts are confused....

-Obama got more than 7 million fewer votes this time, even with the multi billion dollar campaign.

-Romney simply failed to turn out his voters, no one believed his new conservative leaf...... it's not like they Jumped to Obama in any wave.

Did you get that... Obama had a sizable decline in the number of people interested in him in 12012.

Q: What message should he change?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

-Romney simply failed to turn out his voters, no one believed his new conservative leaf...... it's not like they Jumped to Obama in any wave.

You know why Romney failed to turn out his voters? The white male vote that he was counting on is no longer the majority in this country. It's a shame that nobody else was focused on. And it's only going to get worse for Republicans. There will be a larger population of "non-whites" in 2016. You think Republicans have any chance? No. They don't. Not unless they expand their target audience. Youth and minorities flock to the Democrats. It's a fact of life. What will Republicans do about it? If nothing, then expect the same results.

The demographic and attitude of America is changing. If Republicans don't want to change with it, that's up to them. But what they're doing clearly isn't working. I'm not sure how you can dispute that.

Edited November 13, 2012 by Evylin

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

What did the Dems offer that the Repubs didn't?

1) They didn't offer a minority to run for prez.

2) They didn't offer to reward illegals

3) They didn't offer more free stuff

Say hello 3rd world craphole because here we come!

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

You almost sound like your election facts are confused....

-Obama got more than 7 million fewer votes this time, even with the multi billion dollar campaign.

-Romney simply failed to turn out his voters, no one believed his new conservative leaf...... it's not like they Jumped to Obama in any wave.

Did you get that... Obama had a sizable decline in the number of people interested in him in 12012.

Q: What message should he change?

Sizeable decline in white votes maybe, here are some facts for you: Blacks 93%, Hispanics 71%, Asians 73%, Whites 59%. You keep trying to find failure anywhere else but where it truly lies, Romney himself.

Many Hispanic and Asians have said what you are trying to dismiss, they voted for Obama because the GOP with it's racial dog whistling and talking trash about China: Obama's strong showing of 93 percent among African Americans was all but guaranteed, but the true game changer came with winning 73 percent of the Asian-American vote and 71 percent of the Latino vote. Asians in particular, who tend to be a wealthier, more educated minority population, have remained an elusive swing-voter bloc for decades. Bill Clinton received only 31 percent of their vote in 1992, and Al Gore won 54 percent in 2000. Their decisive support of President Obama might have a lot to do with immigration policy and Republican rhetoric.

Despite the immigration debates being so heavily focused on Latinos, Asians actually outpace Hispanics in population growth, jumping from 11.9 million in the U.S. in 2000 to 17.3 million in 2010 -- a 46 percent increase -- and two-thirds of Asian Americans are foreign-born. They have settled in key swing states like Arizona, Virginia and Nevada (where they outnumber the much-touted Mormon population).

This is the demographic reality in which Republicans waged a culture war demonizing China, the largest of all Asian countries, and framing Obama's Kenyan heritage as inherently problematic. It seems that the GOP made a terrible error: assuming that only black Americans would hear their coded denigrations that the president needed to "learn how to be an American." Perhaps they assumed that Latinos and Asians wouldn't take offense at the Birther calls for Obama to "show his birth certificate" or the "pernicious narrative" that blacks and Latinos are "dependent on government."

Asian Americans can hail from Korea, Vietnam, China, the Philippines or South Asian nations like Pakistan, India and beyond. Latinos share an equally diverse heritage, from the Caribbean to Mexico and throughout Central and South America. But their journey to the United States is in no way different from that of European immigrants who flooded the halls of Ellis Island in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

And herein lies the tone deafness of GOP xenophobic dogma. In the same way that African-American voters were galvanized by restrictive voter-ID laws that reminded them of poll taxes, water hoses and men in white sheets, Asians and Latinos heard the dog whistles and responded in kind.

We don't know how to tell you any other way.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

What did the Dems offer that the Repubs didn't?

1) They didn't offer a minority to run for prez.

2) They didn't offer to reward illegals

3) They didn't offer more free stuff

Say hello 3rd world craphole because here we come!

Yep, that attitude right there. Why Republicans fail.

[Danno 1,228]

You know why Romney failed to turn out his voters? The white male vote that he was counting on is no longer the majority in this country. It's a shame that nobody else was focused on. And it's only going to get worse for Republicans. There will be a larger population of "non-whites" in 2016. You think Republicans have any chance? No. They don't. Not unless they expand their target audience. Youth and minorities flock to the Democrats. It's a fact of life. What will Republicans do about it? If nothing, then expect the same results.

The demographic and attitude of America is changing. If Republicans don't want to change with it, that's up to them. But what they're doing clearly isn't working. I'm not sure how you can dispute that.

Okay you keep repeating the same headline proclamation .......dig a little deeper and tell me what exactly you would have republican do that will increase their voter participation?

What gift, what program, what lure will they use that the Dems can't do'em on better?

I have an answer, lets see if you have thought past the sloganeering.

Edited November 13, 2012 by Danno

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Sizeable decline in white votes maybe, here are some facts for you: Blacks 93%, Hispanics 71%, Asians 73%, Whites 59%. You keep trying to find failure anywhere else but where it truly lies, Romney himself.

Many Hispanic and Asians have said what you are trying to dismiss, they voted for Obama because the GOP with it's racial dog whistling and talking trash about China: Obama's strong showing of 93 percent among African Americans was all but guaranteed, but the true game changer came with winning 73 percent of the Asian-American vote and 71 percent of the Latino vote. Asians in particular, who tend to be a wealthier, more educated minority population, have remained an elusive swing-voter bloc for decades. Bill Clinton received only 31 percent of their vote in 1992, and Al Gore won 54 percent in 2000. Their decisive support of President Obama might have a lot to do with immigration policy and Republican rhetoric.

Despite the immigration debates being so heavily focused on Latinos, Asians actually outpace Hispanics in population growth, jumping from 11.9 million in the U.S. in 2000 to 17.3 million in 2010 -- a 46 percent increase -- and two-thirds of Asian Americans are foreign-born. They have settled in key swing states like Arizona, Virginia and Nevada (where they outnumber the much-touted Mormon population).

This is the demographic reality in which Republicans waged a culture war demonizing China, the largest of all Asian countries, and framing Obama's Kenyan heritage as inherently problematic. It seems that the GOP made a terrible error: assuming that only black Americans would hear their coded denigrations that the president needed to "learn how to be an American." Perhaps they assumed that Latinos and Asians wouldn't take offense at the Birther calls for Obama to "show his birth certificate" or the "pernicious narrative" that blacks and Latinos are "dependent on government."

Asian Americans can hail from Korea, Vietnam, China, the Philippines or South Asian nations like Pakistan, India and beyond. Latinos share an equally diverse heritage, from the Caribbean to Mexico and throughout Central and South America. But their journey to the United States is in no way different from that of European immigrants who flooded the halls of Ellis Island in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

And herein lies the tone deafness of GOP xenophobic dogma. In the same way that African-American voters were galvanized by restrictive voter-ID laws that reminded them of poll taxes, water hoses and men in white sheets, Asians and Latinos heard the dog whistles and responded in kind.

We don't know how to tell you any other way.

People are not going to get a better answer than this, and unfortunately, the response I quoted from Bad_Daddy seems to be the only rebuttal received.

[Dakine10 5,452]

You almost sound like your election facts are confused....

-Obama got more than 7 million fewer votes this time, even with the multi billion dollar campaign.

-Romney simply failed to turn out his voters, no one believed his new conservative leaf...... it's not like they Jumped to Obama in any wave.

Did you get that... Obama had a sizable decline in the number of people interested in him in 12012.

Q: What message should he change?

You're a Republican, right? Don't ask me what should change, ask yourself.

Here's a hint though. History suggests all things being equal, the Republicans should have won this election by a decent margin. So obviously all things were not equal. Figure that out. And if you think the answer has anything to do with "free stuff", then I suggest you don't get your hopes up for 2016.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

And now Obama is looking to raise taxes. LOL ya. Lets see now. I have $5 in the bank, and I write a check for $8. Where or how do I get the other $3 ?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

What did the Dems offer that the Repubs didn't?

1) They didn't offer a minority to run for prez.

2) They didn't offer to reward illegals

3) They didn't offer more free stuff

Say hello 3rd world craphole because here we come!

1) Because we know how the GOP like it.

2) Funny how they decried it before now they are "shifting their perspective"

3) Still waiting on my free stuff