(03-14-2014 02:09 PM)Smaug Wrote: (03-14-2014 01:53 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (03-14-2014 12:06 PM)Smaug Wrote: (03-14-2014 11:35 AM)Redwingtom Wrote: There isn't a fixation.
You cannot be serious.
You live in the bubble. Sucks to be you.
Yeah, planet Earth.
I'm not directing this at you Smaug, but at the board in general
Guys, you really do need to understand a bit more about the country you live in. College football fans, and especially those on a largely southern based board, are going to trend towards those that are white and male. White males tend to be Conservative. Southern White Males tend to be very Conservative.
But you guys aren't the majority. Germantown, Shelby Co. (Ala) or The Woodlands is not representative of the US. I would suspect that many of you don't have a lot of friends that are not Republicans and haven't spent much time in groupings where Democrats predominate. Many of you appear to not believe anything you hear in the media unless it comes from FOX or World Net Daily.
I think that its important to look at the last couple of electoral cycles. More Americans have voted for a Democratic Candidate for President than a Republican one in 1992, 1996,
2000, 2008, and 2012. So in the last 24 years or 6 elections, the GOP has achieved a majority in exactly one of those elections. More Americans have voted for Democrats for US Senate than Republicans 2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012 (5 of the last 7 and 4 cycles in a row). US House? Dems won the raw vote in 2006, 2008, and 2012 ( 3 of the last 4).
When presented with that reality, the response of many in here isn't "who are the voters and how can we make ourselves relevant to them", but rather "they are stupid freeloaders, feminazis, queers, racial preference queens, or illegal immigrants". That message isn't going to convince many to even listen to the GOP. And its not just from people on this board, but by your candidates.
In 2016, we will be subjected to yet another clown car GOP primary where the most extreme candidates imaginable will reinforce that perception of the GOP in a six month long season of 30 debates. By the time the GOP swings back to a candidate, that candidate will have a long list of platform positions that are exceedingly unpopular with large segments of the population. And HRC will hammer them on it.
In short, the Democrats are the majority party in this country. Its up to the GOP to sell us on why we should listen to you guys. In order for the GOP to do so, they're gonna need to step out of their bubble (and no, finding someone of the 5% of Blacks that supports the GOP isn't going to work very well either).
The GOP is in a bubble. Something isn't working for you guys. And to be honest, if you guys think you can sell Ted Cruz (or Marco Rubio) to Hispanic Americans, you're nuts. If you think you can sell voting against Lilly Ledbetter to women, you're nuts. If you think you can sell Rand Paul to middle class Americans, you're nuts.