True or false: Trump's victory was the "last gasp" of the Republican party (generation, Clinton)
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It's backed by statistics. Among Whites there's a direct correlation between how educated one is and whether or not they support or disapprove of Trump.
Hint: More years of education = More critical thinking.
Then provide those facts.....not some left leaning rag of a paper.....
Normally, people who say "facts" also provide the link to back up their words....but as we can see, you could not.....but, that would not be part of "critical thinking" now would it?
Certain voting blocs like Evangelicals? Yes. Certain voting blocs? Yes.
That is most likely, as most main stream Republicans, Bush, Rubio, have moved to Center with respect to Immigration, applauding their gay members, and hopefully pulling us out of additional conflicts. The Dems seem to be moving further left
That Republicans "won the battle but lost the war"
That Democrats are favored in the future
True or false?
Just look at what the party has done in the past 6 years: that is your answer. It is no where near the end of its life. Why would you even ask that question? All you have to do is look at all the young Republicans holding national offices and the number of state governors that have a R next to their name. I would be more concerned with what is happening within the Dem party.
Alienated by civil rights? Are you really implying that civil rights are bad?
I'm not alienated by the civil rights movement, but plenty of the SWWC were. Surely you learned about all of the people upset with school integration, etc? Nixon took full advantage of it. The South has been a Republican stronghold ever since.
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Originally Posted by l1995
To what another poster said, no the Democrats are not focusing on minorities too much. In fact, i all minorities voted, the Republicans would have almost no chance of winning with their current platform.
Whites are now a minority. The largest minority, but still a minority of the whole. Nonetheless, the White Working Class is (or was) a key Democratic constituency since FDR. They were a key part of the New Deal Coalition. The Southern portion of that bloc defected to the Republicans after the civil rights movement, but the Democrats still had the Northern portion: the Northern White Working Class (NWWC).
The NWWC is socially conservative (but not to the point of being alienated by civil rights legislation) and economically liberal (pro-labor, pro-social programs, pro-protectionism).
Unfortunately, the Democrats threw the NWWC under the bus in the 1990s when they went along with neoliberalism. The NWWC is now reduced to working two minimum wage jobs to put food on the table. The response from political elites is this: let them eat cake. That's why Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Pennsylvania went Red and Trump is now in the White House.
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Originally Posted by l1995
I do think that the Dems should try to appeal to as many people as possible, but I think their platform is by far the most inclusive of the two major parties. Also, it's not like the Republicans seem to cate about the middle class anyway, they favor the rich.
The Dems are "inclusive", but don't give a sh-t about the growing gap between the rich and poor. It's true that the Republicans don't give a sh-t either, but "hope and change" sells. "Make America Great Again" resonated with the NWWC. For them, Trump was the "hope and change" candidate, while Clinton was the establishment candidate.
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The Southern strategy is about fearmongering and the culture war anyway, not economics or improving the lives of even white people.
Correct. But it worked nonetheless.
The reality is this: neither party gives a sh-t about working class people. It's all a game of pandering to this or that identity group (based on race, religion, ethnicity, etc.). Divide and conquer.
Yeah there are more elected Republicans than at any time in over 100 years and hey control 99% of American political power....if that's not on their last gap, I don't know what is
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. The Dems seem to be moving further left
