Republican leadership has been quite open about the fact that they don’t have an electorally viable constituency anymore.
They painted themselves into a demographic corner by embracing the backlash against civil rights wins in the 60s. The southern strategy worked for a few elections, but you can’t win elections by embracing a dying group of extremely conservative white racists while the US populace gets less white and more progressive.
For at least 20 years republicans have been failing to find voters who want their ideas, and failing to find the courage to change their ideas. They’re fully aware that the will of US voters is an existential threat to their party. They’ve been heading towards authoritarianism with their eyes open.
Republican leadership has been quite open about the fact that they don’t have an electorally viable constituency anymore.
They painted themselves into a demographic corner by embracing the backlash against civil rights wins in the 60s. The southern strategy worked for a few elections, but you can’t win elections by embracing a dying group of extremely conservative white racists while the US populace gets less white and more progressive.
For at least 20 years republicans have been failing to find voters who want their ideas, and failing to find the courage to change their ideas. They’re fully aware that the will of US voters is an existential threat to their party. They’ve been heading towards authoritarianism with their eyes open.
Beautiful synopsis!