PJ Media

“The obstacles that prevent Republicans from bringing more minorities into the party are as cultural as they are political. Many blacks, Hispanics, Jews, Muslims, and even women instinctually vote Democrat, even when their views more closely align with the Republicans”

This is something Republicans have to grasp. I live among immigrants, and by my experience, minorities are a sort of reverse libertarians. They tend to be socially conservative, as they’re usually split or slightly favoring traditional marriage, pro life, and religious cause (They won’t be for legalizing drugs or prositution). This is especially true for older, “uneducated”, unassimliated church going crowd who clings to the conservative culture from their homeland. You know, just the kind of group who liberals love to label as “bigots”. For all intents and purposes, they should be voting GOP.

I cringe when I read Asian language newspapers in LA, because most of them just regurgitated info from the liberal American media. On discussing Obama’s healthcare plan, one Korean American newspaper ran a headline that read “Healthcare for all citizen”, placed right next to a picture of a “Sicko” poster.

If the GOP won’t compromise at all on immigration, then they should at least connect with legal citizens. Tons of Koreans and Vietnamese are evangelicals or Catholics. The GOP should think about establishing some thinktanks or blogs in other lanaguages that effectively communicate their message to minorities in a culturally relevant fashion. The Vietnamese align themselves with the GOP largely due to the party’s long history of anti communist stance. But when they win elections for the GOP, there’s no noise.

It wouldn’t hurt to have a charismatic minority Republican in the Reagan mold.