re: #252 Anymouse

I updated my post #251 with more Nebraska info, if you are inclined to refresh.

The GOP’s post-election reports in both 2008 and 2012 noted the changing demographics of the nation, and suggested the need to address those demographics to remain relevant in future elections.

Instead, being conservatives, they doubled down against change and went further right (I am not sure how much further right you can go now than nominating a fascist talking yam).

The GOP could adopt changes to their approach that might appeal to broader sections of the nation. I don’t see them expanding their appeal unless the elevate more people like my senator Ben Sasse (a never-Trump since February) and fewer people like Gov. John Kasich and Senator Ted Cruz.

In my political discussions with my wife, I become more and more convinced that if the Libertarian Party could focus better, they could replace the GOP nationally. They now have two state senators (one in Iowa, one in Nebraska), and a number of lower offices.

I wonder what the GOP’s 2016 autopsy report is going to look like. They ignored the 2012 autopsy completely and instead went in the totally opposite direction.

The Libertarian Party has been around a long time - if they could manage to try to make themselves more appealing to a broader spectrum of the voting public and perhaps a bit less ideologically dogmatic, yeah…..they could pick up disaffected GOP voters. That would depend on whether the GOP decides to go even further down the path of white identity politics and if they did, I wouldn’t be surprised. The GOP seems to learn nothing.