Then what are they?
by wpkirish (2024-02-07 16:53:57)

In reply to: Many millions of those were not Republican voters  posted by ACross

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You seem to have in mind some set of voters who are the "true Republican voters" and others are interlopers. That ignores the fact many of the groups you want to dismiss as not real republicans have long been a part of the Republican coalition. Social conservatives and religous conservatives have voted Republican for decades, Libertarians have voted Reppublican for decades. The White working class has been a staple of Republican voters since the 1980's.

The difference now is the groups you want to dismiss control the party in many states and at the national level. They turn out the voters for the primaries and provide the bulk of the votes for the candidates in general elections. There is an easy viable alternative for the folks you think are the real Republicans but Nikki Haley lost to none of the above last night.

You and others are right about the GOP coalition that has
by sorin69  (2024-02-08 08:50:39)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

prevailed for several decades now. Those who deny it are kidding themselves. Mitt Romney had his come to the Mormon Jesus moment when he confronted a howling crowd in his own state. I could instance conservative commentators from Max Boot to the late Michael Gerson to Peter Wehner to David French who have belatedly, to their credit, owned up to their failure to admit with whom they had made a political bed.