Would someone please explain the thought process behind this?
ACORN has never been convicted of voter fraud simply because it is not guilty of voter fraud. Anyone who thinks otherwise had been drinking Rush Limbaugh's koolaid... Alleged incidents of “voter fraud” are frequently cited as the main reason for implementing laws that restrict access to voting disproportionately impact low income and minority, such as photo identification requirements. A year after the contentious 2004 election, however, these claims have been revealed to be false. “It’s very political,” said Pierce. “They make false claims against our successful voter registration programs, which encourage people to take part in democracy, in order to justify legislation which would throw up barriers to minority and low income voters.” "...ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) announced that the last of three politically-motivated lawsuits filed against the group in the wake of its successful 2004 voter outreach drive has been “dismissed with prejudice.” Each of the three cases (two in Florida and one in Ohio) were brought by partisan law firms based on unfounded allegations of “voter fraud” against the organization – and all three cases have been dismissed."
How can the Republican party attract more young voters?
The majority of young and uniformed voters vote for Democrats. Democrats make a lot of promises that sound great to younger voters, such as nationalized health care, not partaking in necessary wars, etc. Younger voters are not aware of the negative aspects to all of the Democratic politicians promises. How can the Republican party draw in more young voters? How can the conservative agenda be made more appealing to young voters?
Are we looking at a permanent Republican majority in the U.S.?
Not hardly. Everything changes, sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly, but it changes. If something moves to an extreme, it returns to the norm. One could view Trump’s election not as a support or Trump, but as a reaction to 8 years of Obama. Nothing is permanent except there are very few absolutes. Anything that becomes dominate, and exercises that dominance, will someday be rebelled against.You mention that most state governments are controlled by republicans. Republicans as well as democrats come in many flavors, or shades of color. Some republicans are quite liberal, some democrats quite conservative. Our government does best when we look at WHO we are voting for, not just who they hang out with. What gets me is that our larger cities, with the most distress, have not seen a Republican mayor or council in my lifetime.We change Presidents, Governors, legislatures, but the cities, big ones are stuck. Of course, they are stuck with democrats. Many the real race is the primary, between democrats, and not the general election. Chicago hasn’t elected a republican since the late 1920’s. My home town hasn’t had a republican mayor in 50 years. Governor’s change, Presidents change.You question gerrymandering. There are other ways to be reelected time after time, and stay in power, but often I see that by democrats. That may well be because I had experience in Chicago, where each of the 43 Alderman gets a 1.2mm budget to use as they see fit. How many city councilmen have their own PR executive, in Chicago they do. That is an annual budget, and it goes to making changes in the neighborhoods. They add street signs, stop lights, speed bumps: Governors, Presidents do not do that. The local government affects ME. The President and high officials do not affect my neighborhood visibly, although they still have power. Anyway, the control of the large cities provides enough that nothing is permanent in American politics.