He writes that the newcomers are more prone to vote Democratic, quoting a former Republican mayor of Allentown who failed in a bid to win back his office in 2005, claiming without proof that he was defeated by busloads of black and Latino voters who showed up "by the busload, pulled the D lever, and had no idea who they were voting for." The piece also argues that blue-collar whites – who had once moved into the GOP column as so-called "Reagan Democrats" – are put off by Romney's wealth and his ties to the venture capital firm Bain Capital.