So it is "conservative" to want the current laws on immigration enforced? If Romney had made a campaign promise to outright CLOSE THE BORDER with Mexico and enforce existing immigation laws, and called out the Lord B.O. directly on the DOJ failure to enforce existing law, it would have made more points with those of us who denouced Romney (correctly) as a RINO. It may also have won him the election.
I apologize to America's young people, whose dashed dreams and dim employment prospects I had laughed at, believing these to be a direct result of their voting for Obama.
On closer examination, it turns out that young voters, aged 18-29, overwhelmingly supported Romney. But only the white ones.
According to Pew Research, 54 percent of white voters under 30 voted for Romney and only 41 percent for Obama. That's the same percentage Reagan got from the entire white population in 1980. Even the Lena Dunham demographic -- white women under 30 -- slightly favored Romney.
Reagan got...
Romney lost Ohio because of the black vote, not because of the Hispanic vote. 15% of votes cast in Ohio were from black voters, according to exit polls.
And I don't see how Romney promising to close the borders would have won him any black votes in Ohio.