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Quote Originally Posted by MumblesBadly View Post

Druff conflates “Republicans fear that the demographics of rising non-white voter participication will give Democrats an increasing advantage at the polls” with the fraudulent claim that “Republicans fear the Democrats will turn the country into a leftist dictatorship”, all while GOPs are fightinh tooth-and-nail to make it harder for mostly non-white voters to be able to legally vote AND support (or ignore) Trump and his coup co-conspirators’ attempt to illegally keep Trump in office as President.

Well, on the last matter, not ALL Republicans/conservatives go all or ignore Trump et al’s seditious criminality.

Given how much of the immigration is from conservative cultures (Mexico, Central America) years ago I predicted this could actually backfire on the Democrats if Hispanics begin to turn R due to rejection of far-left progressive orthodoxy, and it begins this is actually starting to happen. I think this is why there is suddenly such a strong impetus for the Dems in turning DC and Puerto Rico into states, is that they are starting to realize the ramifications of this.
Yes, this is happening big time. Republicans can actually thank Trump for this. Not only did he have increasing appeal to Hispanics (especially after he toned down the anti-Mexico rhetoric), but his Presidency hastened the Democrats sharp turn to the left, which turned off Hispanic voters -- something still continuing 17 months after he left office.

Texas was projected to go blue in 2024 or 2028, and in fact 2020 at one point wasn't seen as out of the question. The theory was that the growing Hispanic population percentage there would make its transformation into a blue state inevitable -- and fairly soon. This whole concept has collapsed. Not only is Texas going to remain red for the foreseeable future, but other areas where Democrats counted on strong Hispanic support are now in danger. This even includes areas of California which were solid blue, but now are looking vulnerable in Congressional races. In fact, this already occurred somewhat in 2020, where a few "safe D" districts went to Republicans.