re: #373 HappyWarrior

The way I’m looking at is even Bush who was a much more appealing candidate across the spectrum than Trump is barely won his elections and if you’re like me, don’t believe he won 2000 at all due to the shenanigans there, point is the GOP has a lot of states they have to gain and an increasingly unfavorable map with also increasingly unfavorable demographics. The GOP will look back and see their mistake was shitting Hispanics and they’re taking a huge shit with Trump. Trump might be another Goldwater that sends Hispanics away from even considering the Republican Party. Remember Nixon got a third of the African American vote in 1960 but in 1964, it was below 10% and it hasn’t even come close to what Nixon did in 1960 since. The GOP has become the bitter old white man’s party.

They are trapped in a demographic death spiral. The party desperately needs to broaden its appeal, but in the short term politicians like Trump can win primaries by appealing to white racial resentment, alienating minorities even more. Until it stops they may not win another presidential election.