New data shows more Hispanic voters are supporting Republicans. It's an alarming shift for Democrats who have long relied on their backing. New York Times reporter Adam Nagerni explains what the Democratic Party took away from Barack Obama's election in 2008. The takeaway was that the country was moving demographically in the direction of Democrats, he says.
It’s March 2013. The G.O.P., in tatters, issues a scathing report blaming its electoral failures on an out-of-touch leadership that ignores minorities at its own peril. Just three years later, Donald Trump proves his party dead wrong. Today, how certain assumptions took hold of both parties — and what they’re still getting wrong — heading into the midterm elections.