white -- a group Obama lost with 40 per cent to Romney's 58 per cent -- and 13 per cent African-American, a bloc that gave the president 93 per cent of its votes. Obama won Hispanic voters, who comprised 10 per cent of the electorate, 71 per cent to 27 per cent for Romney, a slightly worse outcome for the Republican than in 2008, when Obama carried Latinos 67 per cent to Arizona Senator John McCain's 31 per cent. "Instead of them curling up in the ball and asking, 'Where did we lose conservative whites,' we need to add people to the coalition," Davis said of the Republicans. "There are just not enough old white guys around." That means "different messengers" such as a more prominent role for such figures as Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a son of immigrants from India, and Rubio, a Cuban- American, Davis said. The party also will need to come up with a "different approach" to immigration, he said. "The big issue the Republican party is going to have to wrestle with is the Hispanic issue," Ari Fleischer, White House press secretary in the George W. Bush administration, said on CNN. "The Republicans are going to have to figure out a different way forward" on immigration. With no incumbent seeking re-election, the crop of 2016 presidential candidates will start showing up in Iowa as early as next year, say those familiar with the state where presidential campaigns are born. Ryan is well-positioned for a run.