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The End of a Republican Party
I identified with about 90% of this article. I used to vote almost exclusively GOP, but over the last 10 years or so, I feel like they do not represent my principles (very generally: smaller government and individual sovereignty). Now I find myself with two parties that I do not like, and tend to vote holding my nose whichever way I go, and am tempted not to vote at all.
The money quote:
“Everybody who was reasonable seems to have gone home ... this isn’t the most artful way to say it, but it’s like, where do you go when the only people who seem to agree with you on taxes hate black people?” Howe laughed ruefully. “I think what you do is you say, ‘Well, I may lose but I can’t align myself with them.’”
Cliffs: The GOP has grown whiter, older, and less educated, while the general populace has done the opposite. The reasons people identify as Republican are more likely to be "cultural conservatism and racial and economic grievance than a passion for small government." Moreover, party leaders can't seem to agree on the future direction of the party.
I identified with about 90% of this article. I used to vote almost exclusively GOP, but over the last 10 years or so, I feel like they do not represent my principles (very generally: smaller government and individual sovereignty). Now I find myself with two parties that I do not like, and tend to vote holding my nose whichever way I go, and am tempted not to vote at all.
The money quote:
“Everybody who was reasonable seems to have gone home ... this isn’t the most artful way to say it, but it’s like, where do you go when the only people who seem to agree with you on taxes hate black people?” Howe laughed ruefully. “I think what you do is you say, ‘Well, I may lose but I can’t align myself with them.’”
Cliffs: The GOP has grown whiter, older, and less educated, while the general populace has done the opposite. The reasons people identify as Republican are more likely to be "cultural conservatism and racial and economic grievance than a passion for small government." Moreover, party leaders can't seem to agree on the future direction of the party.