The Republican Party Struggles with Hispanic Voters

On February 10th, 2016 Ashley Lopez wrote an article on why the GOP will have to change for the uprising Hispanic voters called “Why the GOP May Have a Hard Time Courting Texas' Hispanic Voters in 2016.” The article highlighted the Republican’s shortcomings when it came getting Hispanic voters. In an interview with Muniz he says that he thinks “the party is going to see a long-term negative effect,” because of their alienation of the Hispanic community.

I believe that this article is worth reading because of the impact that the future Hispanic population will have on Texas politics. Now that the population of Hispanics will eventually become the plurality, the Republican party will have to start thinking up ways to attract the new voters. Not only will they have to change how they speak about Hispanics but they will have to change the image most young Hispanic voters already have about the Republican party.