TheHill.com: RNC chairman stakes his legacy on winning over minority voters

TheHill.com: RNC chairman stakes his legacy on winning over minority voters

Reince Priebus is staking his legacy as Republican National Committee chairman on improving the party’s performance with minority voters.

"I just sort of reached a boiling point on the issue," Priebus told The Hill in an interview at RNC headquarters on Friday. "I want to fix these problems."

In the 2012 election, President Obama won 93 percent of the black vote, 71 percent of the Hispanic vote and 73 percent of the Asian vote, helping him coast to a victory over Republican Mitt Romney.

As the first black president, Obama’s success with black voters is no surprise, but the rising margins he won with all three demographics is a warning sign for the GOP. Obama only won 67 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2008 and 62 percent of the Asian-American vote.    
        

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