On the threshold of the 2016 election, the GOP is in a terrible fix over immigration. They’ve done such an effective job of alienating Hispanics over the years with their overall approach to immigration.
Fences need to be mended. At least that’s the views of Republicans who understand changing demographics and realize the folly of antagonizing a population that produces more than 2 million potential voters every four years and maintains a sizable presence in three battleground states: Nevada, Florida and Colorado.
And yet, in politics, the first rule is that elected officials should always remember to take care of their base — elements of which, for the GOP, frown on attempts by Republican politicians to engage in “Hispandering” by reaching out to Hispanic voters and softening their tone on immigration. It’s mostly about jealously and resentment over seeing elected officials who used to woo them going off to woo somewhere else.
Nonetheless, going forward, Republicans aren’t sure what to do, and this indecision stems from three things.
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