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Ziggy's avatar

There is a simpler explanation for why the Rs prefer a white party. They can't recruit new elements without losing their base. There are plenty of socially conservative PoC, and Nixon showed that the Republicans could redefine any non-black PoC as white. But building such a coalition would drive out their racist base. The racists (and allies among the snake chunkers) are low-propensity voters. Without constant doses of outrage against dusky folk, the base won't get to the polls. The party could try to amp up the outrage against the (((elites))), but that's already pretty close to the breaking point.

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Brad DeLong's avatar

Well, I remember Jack Kemp. Bruce Bartlett remembers Jack Kemp...

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