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Just as the baby boom up ended the second half of the 20th century, the racial minorities will be the signature demographic trend of the 21st and it will have radical implications for american politics. Thats william fryes piece. Ten maps that explain the next election. Republicans making outreach to minority voters an important part of their early president ial campaigns. Jeb bush on his right to ride pac website had this to say when he launched that Political Action committee in his effort to run for the United States presidency he says we will not cede an inch of territories as we unite our citizens to strengthen america through greater Economic Growth and widespread prosperity. And as we said, rand paul was talking to a historically black State University in maryland not far from washington d. C. This was a bit of his appearance yesterday at that event. Weve gotten rid of segregation du juor segregation by law. But we still have a problem in our country that is somewhat like segregation but also somewhat like there are two systems. Whereas Martin Luther king said in 1967 there are two americas. Theres one america that believes in life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness but theres another america thats witness to a daily disgrace, a lack, a lack of hope and dispair. Why . Because there are still people in our society being hounded by fines, hounded by this and that. Several cities in missouri over a third of their budget is gotten by fines. In ferguson theres 21,000 people. Last year, there were 31,000 arrests. So i tell people its not just about what happened this year. Its about this building up, its about this gradual increase. I call it an undercurrent of unease in our country. There still are two americas. Most of the people here part of the america that does belief and can believe in life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Those who get an education no matter the color of your skin, you can live the American Dream but there are many people who arent. So its a lack of education but also our criminal Justice System host and president obama was at the 50th anniversary of the marches in selma last week. He talked about the need for a new Voting Rights act, an issue thats become a top priority of the Congressional Black Caucus here in washington d. C. Heres a bit from his speech last week. Right now, in 2015, 50 years after selma, there are laws across this country designed to make it harder for people to vote. As we speak, more such laws are being proposed. Meanwhile, the combination of so much blood, sweat, and tears and sacrifice in the face of one the Voting Rights act stands weakened. Its future subject how can that be . The Voting Rights act was one of the crowning achievements of our democracy. The result of republican and democratic efforts. President reagan signed the renewal when he was in office. President george w. Bush signed the renewal when he was in office. Its hundreds of millions of people willing to die for the right to protect it. Let them go back to washington and together plan to make it their mission to restore that law this year. Thats how we honor those on this bridge. Host that was president obama last week. Were talking with our viewers this morning on the washington journal about the minority vote in 2016. Played out back in the 2008, 2004 2000 election. We want to hear from our viewers. Well start with william calling in from north carolina. William is an independent on that line for africanamerican viewers. William, good morning caller good morning. Im an independent and i like to vote for the best candidate. But it seems as though if you choose to go to the republican ticket if youre in the city, you know, you can do pretty well but pretty much all the county commissions are rigged the way that the district lines have all been redrawn and, i mean there is no republican how do i say this, drive to get the black vote. When you look at their policies as to one, the voter id. Just come out and say that the demographics that they are trying to stop are such and such and such and such. They from what i would call, low turnout elections, and they depend on especially blacks not going to vote. And i tell a lot of my friends if you dont vote dont complain. Host william it seems like Voting Rights act, a new legislation on the Voting Rights is a key issue for you in the 2016 election caller yes. I mean, the Supreme Court me i dont have any problems with them changing the states that were targeted during the time but this congress we have here theyre not going to do anything different. The republicans cant agree with the republicans because of what they call the acid rule everybody screwed up everything. Host william, heres a different take than the one you laid out of republicans on the issue of minority votes. This is the Huffington Post story from the end of the mob, the american electorate change in the composition of president electorates. Theres no reason to believe that thats going to stop magically. He goes on to talk in that piece about george w. Bushs efforts to reach out to minority voters. The last republican to win a president ial election to reached out very aggressively to minorities and did better than any republican nominee before still didnt achieve enough in both groups in order to put together a winning percentage for 2016. You can read more on that piece in the Huffington Post headline gop pollster explains why republicans need record minority support in order to win 2016. Caller my main problem is injustice with all the its been too much going on with the killings and even where i live its a lot of white youths that come in there that are heroin addicts and theyre on drugs but they seem to get a pat on the back. But if its a black kid arrested with a little bit of marijuana, they send to jail. And, two, you try to discipline your child and they call police but a child goes outside and does something, they get killed. That is my main fear. When the black kids grow up at the mercy of the police and its just getting worse host its criminal Justice Reform that you think is going to be a key issue in the Africanamerican Community in the 2016 election . Caller i believe so. Because its not getting better. Its getting worse host have you listened to anything rand paul, we played a bit from his appearance yesterday at a historically black university, have you heard much of his efforts on this topic and do you agree with him at all . Caller ive listened to him and i know sometimes paul says things that could probably be helpful or are good to the Africanamerican Community but the fact is the republicans come in there to help the africanamericans. They claim that they can help africanamericans but they really dont. Everything that they do like right now trying to do with the Affordable Care act, anything that can help people. And they claim africanamericans are the most on welfare but when all these republican states 90 , the majority of the people on welfare is really white people but i dont know why they choose to make it look like its black people. I have a son whos 22 whos scared of the police. And hes not doing anything. Because you dont have to do anything if youre black for the police to do something to you. Host were talking about the minority vote in 2016. Issues that will be important to the minority communities of this country in the next 20 months before the election. John is calling in from atlanta, georgia. John is an independent. Good morning john caller yes. There have been so many lies and how all these lies is a long story. Theres no continuity. Rand paul stating that there are two americas in this country. And there is. Theres the republicans of the United States and theres the United States federal government. And congress has a say in both of them so thats why they cant get anything done. I find it to be a fascist entity thats taken over the government. We need to start regenerating and get some sovereignty in this process. Were going to have to go back and get all that stuff straight. The one big issue that people often associate with the Latino Community is immigration. More say this now than was the case just a year ago. We also find that the issue of immigration is important to many latinos. Three quarters tell us that its an extremely important issue to them personally. But the issue with the economy and jobs, education and healthcare are seen by many latinos as just as important or sometimes even more important than the issue of immigration. So it looms large and its an important issue for latino voters but other issues as well also resonate with them. Host and we have the line for hispanic viewers. On that line, john is waiting in miami, florida. What did you think about those comments we just showed caller i think in the case of miami with the cuban american vote its a little different because cuba is an area of concern for cuban american voters. And the policies set forth barack obama in this new cuba policy has been received very negatively especially the release of hernandez involved in the killing of three cuban americans. Its gone down very badly in this community. I think the host heres a story in the International Business times. Clinton could clinton pick castro for 2016, the hud secretary isnt saying, talking about jewel yap castro, former san antonio mayor. The story notes his name has already begun to appear on the list for Vice President ial candidates. The speculation about castro started when he delivered the key note speech at the Democratic National convention in 2012. He could help lock up the latino vote for the democratic party. Were happy to talk about those issues. Minority voters in 2016 phone lines for africanamerican viewers. Hispanic, Asian American viewers, and all others. Lorenzo is in louisiana caller good morning. Thank you. Host i can hear you caller okay. Yes, sir. I think bush was the last white male president and because after hillary is elected, then i think the next will probably be hispanic. And as far as the Voting Rights act, i think it should be just like the way they do the census is that you dont have to show any id they just take your count. I think everybody in america should be allowed to vote. But the problem is that theres a lot of people in america that dont vote and i hear some people talking about this isis stuff. The police in america is a black mans isis. We have to you know they talking about how they beheading people now. But the police is going around shooting people in the back and just catching you off by yourself and killing the black man. Another thing that you got a lot of these news stations on here that preach black hate. I was watching last night the lady anne coulter on fox news. I dont even see how host what was the example that you saw last night . Caller she was host what did she say . What was the example . Caller she said Something Like about the black people now they have been treated like kids. Like weve been kids since weve been in america. White people have had what do you call it handouts since shave slavery. Everything they got was free. We had to work for everything. We dont hate nobody. All we want is a fair shake host carol is in nevada on that line for africanamerican viewers. Good morning to you. Caller good morning. Host go ahead, carol. Caller first of all, im a first time caller so im kind of nervous here. But i dont see why any minority support by the Republican Party. Everything they do is for the very rich. Everything they do is give tax breaks to the very rich and take away from the working class people. They dont even want seniors, College Students minorities to vote. So how could you support a Political Party that dont support you . Host when did you decide to be a democrat and why did you choose to be a democrat . Ive been voting for about 30 plus years and i was a democrat because of their policies. I mean taking away our Voting Rights. Theyre against lesbians gays and transgenders. Theyre against muslims. Theyre against everything. Theyre against everybody and everything. I mean i dont see any promises you know, that they advocate that i agree with. Host carol, on this program earlier this year with dr. Benjamin carson also a potential republican president ial candidate, he talked about how republicans could reach out to minority groups in the future and specifically ahead of the 2016 election. Heres a bit of what he had to say in that interview. What the Republican Party needs to do is really start reaching out to the black community, the hispanic community. So all communities in the past they have not perhaps reached out to and that really push the idea of developmental potential and investing in people. You know, in 2006, Mohammed Yunis won the nobel prize for his microlending policy. Lifted millions of people out of poverty in bangladesh. 90 of those loans have been paid back. We need to invest the time and effort into them and if we invest in all of our people and the tide rises host bobby is waiting on the line this morning for africanamerican viewers from maryland. Bobby, what do you think about ben carsons comments that we just played . Caller ben carson is a very intelligent man but he has obviously missed the vote. If he truly understood the core of what republicans stand for, he would also understand that republicans are not going to target any particular ethnic community. It goes against everything that they stand for. What they stand for or tell you they stand for is equal opportunity for all. So thats what we really if thats what they mean when they say that, theyre not then going to go and even appear to cater to any particular ethnic group. So hes talking out of both sides of his mouth and he really doesnt understand. The upcoming president ial vote isnt going to be about whether minorities vote for democrats or republicans, its going to be about whether anybody is going to get excited and participate in the vote given the fact that theyre going to feel like we put an africanamerican in for the last seven years and he really didnt deliver so if democrats think that barack obama can deliver the minority vote, they are sadly mistaken. Host bobby in maryland this morning. Conversation also happening on our twitter page if you want to follow along there. Steve harrison writes the only minorities the gop will attract are those that are part of the one percenters. And is the minority vote up for grabs in 2016. Michael is in illinois. Hes an independent. Good morning. Caller hi paul. Thank you very much. So the comment i would make is one of the issues that should be paid attention to at least is voter id laws. I dont know the numbers but the enactment of Voter Registration and voter id laws. Mostly what appears to be republican dominated states. It seems to be more of a republican issue. Its interesting if you look at for instance senator rand paul just because youve shown him. If you look at all the issues and what he said, the voter id is justified. You have this hypothetical voter fraud that you need to be concerned about. Its not quite it doesnt appear to actually exist according to most of the research but its possible so we should restrict voting to ensure that doesnt happen but then if you look at the statements on gun rights dont touch our guns, we are against any type of formal registration or control. People could die of guns. That seems to be pretty apparent. But dont control it. Its a fundamental right. Voting also is a fundamental right. I would recommend any person interested in this minority issue, when you hear this voter id look at other issues. Dont let them trick you by saying you need an id to buy alcohol or drive a car. Yes, those are privileges. Privileges are not rights. Rights are different. You dont need an id to speak the first amendment. You dont need an id to tell an officer i choose not to answer your questions. The republicans with slight of hand are tricking people host heres a recent story from the national journal, the most valuable voters in 2016 is the headline there. The story noting that in the 11 states that both parties now treat as decisive swing contests all the states are simultaneously growing more racially more diverse and older. The cumulative affect particularly the growing racial diversity can be profound. In 2012 can be obama won key Battle Ground. The reason why is because america is still very close in president ial elections. We havent had a blowout since 1988 so in Close National elections like these a three or four point decline in the white vote share in a Battle Ground state can shift the entire thing. The stats and charts ar