Not verified with statistical evidence, but just observation. The Hispanic vote in S Florida has a wide South as well as Latin American origin. There has been a shift from conservative Republican to Progressive Democrat. A lot of it is generational. Catholic pro-life anti-communism very conservative in both social and economic issues ruled when I first moved here 30 some years ago. Now the Hispanic population is as mixed on social and economic issues as the rest of our population. The Immigration policy is yet another matter. Not even policy so much as perceived bigotry. Do I vote for them that wish my parents never came here or those that embrace diversification.

My polls are not based on a huge sampling, but my routine encounters with fellow Floridians has shown a dramatic shift in political affiliation. They also had to endure a change from Republican governors like Jeb and Charlie with sensible views on Immagration to our current sorry excuse for a governor who may have personally driven a number of citizens away from the Republican Party.

I don't know if this is the case in other states.

Also, white women are obviously the worst.

C’mon, it’s not like they’re white men.

Indeed, as a proportion of the total, more white women voted for Romney on Tuesday than voted for George W. Bush, in 2004, or for John McCain, in 2008.

That makes me really sad.

Oh, the kinds of trouble he will get when he has an amazon acct.

Yeah, that has occurred to me.

Poor noodle got so wound up about having to call me that he ended up in the nurse's office feeling queasy and in need of a lie down.

Here's a NY Times article that talks about the Latino vote and why it was up this year [link]

One of the interesting things it mentions is

In many states, Latinos did not wait for either the Democratic or the Republican campaigns to come to them. Instead they mounted coordinated voter registration and education efforts, giving them a degree of independence as a voting bloc and creating popular networks that they said they planned to mobilize again to bring pressure on the White House and Congress.

And Salon had this interesting number 80% of Mormons voted for Bush, but only 78% voted for Romney

The bigotry is a big part of it. If you are non-white it is hard to miss the huge open bigotry and even hatred of non-whites within the Republican party. When a lot of Republicans went beyond opposing Sonia Maria Sotomayor on policy grounds for the Supreme Court and called her a "lightweight" and pretended that she got ahead because of the huge advantages that come with being born poor and brown skinned, what exactly they were saying was pretty obvious. The Republican leadership forgot that "dogwhistle" is a metaphor, and that in point of fact when they use coded racism, people of color actually can break that code. I mean if you suffer racism regularly, you probably get pretty good at spotting it.

Indeed, as a proportion of the total, more white women voted for Romney on Tuesday than voted for George W. Bush, in 2004, or for John McCain, in 2008.

I'd like to see that broken down by age. I know not a SINGLE white female friend of mine did nor my sister (mid 30's to 40) or my mom (68). And most of my /friends/family live in MO...yanno, literally 5 blocks away from me. And I very strongly suspect some of my white female relatives in MO who, sadly IMHO, voted Romney did NOT vote for Akin...

ETA: And Typo, ITA

One thing I need to say because it's starting to get to me:

4). This election will go down as the final chapter in the right-wing's "culture war." They lost.

I just don't think this is true, not by a long shot. HIstory just doesn't run that smoothly.

I mean if you suffer racism regularly, you probably get pretty good at spotting it.

This. What I have the hardest time understanding is why lower and middle class voters of any sex or race or religion would think that the Republican leaders they selected actually have their backs or even know they exist. They don't really like you! Stop voting for them!

There are lots of awesome Republicans out there that just believe in different solutions than me, but that aren't Evil. May they take back their party. If we are going to be a 2 party system I would like to see the best and brightest leading both sides. Yes, I know I am an idealist. Not likely to change my stripes at this stage of life.