re: #200 cwnorma

I think part of the problem is that there are too many “one issue voters” for any kind of reasonable middle ground party to work.

/sadly

I’m not entirely convinced that’s true any more. It used to be true, I think— in the 80’s and 90’s, hysteria over a single issue (abortion, gheys, whatever) used to work to turn out the votes, but not so much anymore.
The single-issue voters tended to be on the religious right, I think, and while that was a solid and winning electoral turnout for the GOP for years, that fell apart.

One reason why we’re seeing the GOP in such disarray now, and turning further towards them, is an attempt to reforge that coalition and recapture that success.— but the world has changed, younger evangelicals don’t feel the same way about the social issues that so galvanized their parents.

Plus look at the huge upswing in people identifying as independent, or unaffiliated, and the dissatisfaction with both parties…I think people are fed up with the one-issue schtick, frankly.