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In reply to the discussion: Republican Rep: 'The GOP Coalition Constitutes A Shrinking Portion Of The Electorate' [View all]caseymoz
(5,763 posts)62. Well, but the South votes red.
And Repubs pander to racism, especially there, to an eye-popping degree, which is why they're in so much demographic trouble as Euro-white Americans decline in percentage of populations.
I'm sorry, a disproportionate number of the racists seem to be in the South, either that or they're voting in disproportionate numbers, which still says something.
And no, the South will never live down Slavery and the Confederacy, no more than the Germans will never live down you know who even though Neo-Nazis are found in scores of nations.
Also, most states in the South don't seem to want to live it down and flaunt the ol' Stars and Bars and try to rationalize that it really wasn't Slavery that made States' rights so urgent.
Sorry, by their own embrace and denial, the South still owns the Confederate Flag.
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Republican Rep: 'The GOP Coalition Constitutes A Shrinking Portion Of The Electorate' [View all]
DonViejo
Nov 2013
OP
Unfortunately, it will always be tied to the South even though it's sentiments are nationwide.
AlbertCat
Nov 2013
#58
When it's down to two in a district we set up a Hunger Games type of a deal.
Arugula Latte
Nov 2013
#34
And it always backfires on the party doing it, usually with catastrophic results for that party.
Ikonoklast
Nov 2013
#12
From Permanent Republican Majority in 2003 to to Permanent Republican Minority in 2013
ck4829
Nov 2013
#7
Yet Cole still refuses to modernize his views and fails to reach out to other voting blocs
LonePirate
Nov 2013
#27
To Repubs, "appealing" means "hoodwinking." And even that facade ends after the election. n/t
Beartracks
Nov 2013
#68
That's because all the moderate Republicans are fleeing over to the "Democratic" Party. You'll know
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2013
#49