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Immigration to Give 2008 Presidential Election to Dems?

By immigrationprof

A report of the New Democratic Network concludes that shifts in Hispanic voting patterns due to the heightened partisanship of the immigration debate may give the 2008 election to the Democrats. Here is an excerpt:

“What this means is that if in 2008 Republicans are denied these 4 swing Southwestern states, or Florida, they will have to win a state they have not won since the 1980s. While possible, of course, it is not something they can count on. Simply put there is no reasonable GOP roadmap to victory in 2008 that does not require them to win these 5 heavily Hispanic states, something that will now be much more difficult given the degradation of the GOP brand in the Hispanic community in the aftermath of the immigration debate.”

For a thoughtful analysis of the report, see Yave Begnet’s blog.

KJ