States like New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Michigan used to be reliable Republican states for federal elections, but have been trending Democrat for the last 15 years. Many Republicans have dismissed these patterns as merely based on changes to voter demographics, but maybe it is not the voters who have changed, maybe it is the GOP that has changed? In local elections, voters in these states have proven to us that they are still willing to vote for pro-growth, small government, law and order Republican candidates.
If the Republican party cannot find a way to widen their tent and allow back libertarian-leaning voters, permanent minority status may be a term used to refer to the GOP for decades to come. The first step in this process is to ratchet down the rhetoric against these Republicans and develop and implement policies that play to their disdain of the federal government. Stop referring to them as liberal Republicans and RINO’s, but only as equal members of the political family. Only when this begins, can the party begin the long climb back to majority status.
Another interesting point he raises is the fact that only 24% of respondents claimed to be Republican in the latest PEW survey.
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One suspects the 'southern strategy' was built to unravel..
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