Is it so WEIRD to be a Brown Conservative?

As much has not changed for many minority communities and with some even declining into bankruptcy why the blind vote? I get that Republicans from the South weren't pro civil rights but overall there were 80% vs 60%.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhendrickson/2012/05/31/president-obamas-wealth-destroying-goal-taking-the-curley-effect-nationwide/#337ccf1b37a7

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhendrickson/2012/05/31/president-obamas-wealth-destroying-goal-taking-the-curley-effect-nationwide/#337ccf1b37a7

Because they think Ethnicity has something to do with politics. It does not. They are just fooled into thinking one party cares more about them than the others. Uh, none of them care about any of us.

Ain't weird at all. But I am very grateful you are! Many of the Samoans I've known over the years have been solid conservatives.

You are voting against your own interest. Read the news!

Some voters are party voters. Some voters are issue voters. Some issue voters are single issue voters. There are personally valid reasons for all three approaches. I am not African-American. What I'm saying is political theory, not political fact. I do not think this theory is widely known or accepted but I believe it can be logically inferred from history. That logic doesn't necessarily make it right.

The Democrats have successfully labeled themselves as the party of the common man and the party of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities. They have also succeeded in labeling the Republicans as the party of wealth, business and socially conservative white, Protestant men. The Republicans are not entirely blame free in that labeling.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (CRA-64) stalled within the Democratic Party. LBJ had to rely on the Republicans to break a Democrat led filibuster. In both houses, the Republicans voted over 80% in favor of CRA-64. The Democrats, less than 65%. Now, the Civil Rights Movement covers a lot longer time than the push for CRA-64. But it illustrates that any party can surprise you.

On issue-by-issue polling the African American Community, viewed as a monolithic block, tends to line up more solidly behind the Republicans on socially conservative issues, crime, foreign policy, and education. Which are often key issue for single issue voters. But the current issue of voter ID plays to the perception of minority voters that their voting rights are being endangered. I've never felt like my voting rights were endangered. But if I had, it would be a long, long time before I trusted the party that I thought endangered them. Unless the Republican party shakes that perception, it will never be able to take advantage of the commonalities it has with the African American community.

This is political theory, not fact. It is also grossly oversimplified. It makes sense, and I kind of believe it but I ain't done yet. I would particularly be interested in the views of religious, ethnic, and minority voters on this theory.