In 2008, John McCain took just 31 percent of the Hispanic vote and lost the election to President Barack Obama. Republicans in 2012 want to up their share of the vote among the surging Latino electorate by expanding their outreach to the Hispanic community. But even at a press event designed to tout such outreach efforts, the RNC wasn’t ready to reveal many details about how they’d win over a traditionally Democratic bloc.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=98994