A radical shift in the voter/representative dynamic in the GOP

[edhopper]

For years socially moderate, fiscally conservative Republicans got elected by giving lip service to the more radical, racist, fundamentalist ideology of a segment of their voters. Their goal was always fealty to the Rich and Corporations, and they used these voters to get elected to benefit the Top 1%.
But now we are seeing the extreme wing of the Party getting their candidates elected. And doing so because the moderate Republicans are still voting for any "R" without thought of what they represent. It's the socially moderate, fiscally conservative voters who are putting in radical, racist, fundamentalist representatives.

[Karadeniz]

1. We must find a way to get this message through to the voters...

[MLAA]

2. I think moderate Republicans racists.

It takes a racist to vote for a racist in my humble opinion.

[Silent3]

3. Despite the hugely obvious differences between Democrats and Republicans...

...there's still an enormous portion of the population who thinks "they're all the same". Among those, a fair number flatter themselves that believing "they're all the same" is, in fact, a form of lofty wisdom, part of being "above the fray" and not letting themselves get fooled by silly partisan games.

[edhopper]

4. This is also true

it is truly mind boggling that there were Bush/Obama voters and Obama/Trump voters.