Examining the urban/rural divide is important. But Dems also need to think carefully about the way they think about race and ethnicity.  Republicans have made significant gains with people of color.  How is that reflected in this article?  With the statement "“Republicans are now beginning to attract socioeconomically ascendant and ‘white-adjacent’ members ....".  Yet in both 2020 and 2022, the Republicans made gains with minorities across the board, in particular male members, including black people.   They are blacks and/or people of color when the vote for Ds, but "white adjacent" (i.e., almost white) when they vote for Rs.The point is that if Democrats want to win, they need to avoid the racial ideology that says that minorities will always support the them because they are so anti-racist, and open their eyes to the fact that a broad range of people, including many minorities, don't see it that way.  There is nothing wrong with looking at the urban/rural divide and how that is reflected in race voting, but when it gets to the point that we see everything through a particular lens, we have a problem.

Examining the urban/rural divide is important. But Dems also need to think carefully about the way they think about race and ethnicity.  Republicans have made significant gains with people of color.  How is that reflected in this article?  With the statement "“Republicans are now beginning to attract socioeconomically ascendant and ‘white-adjacent’ members ....".  Yet in both 2020 and 2022, the Republicans made gains with minorities across the board, in particular male members, including black people.   They are blacks and/or people of color when the vote for Ds, but "white adjacent" (i.e., almost white) when they vote for Rs.The point is that if Democrats want to win, they need to avoid the racial ideology that says that minorities will always support the them because they are so anti-racist, and open their eyes to the fact that a broad range of people, including many minorities, don't see it that way.  There is nothing wrong with looking at the urban/rural divide and how that is reflected in race voting, but when it gets to the point that we see everything through a particular lens, we have a problem.

user
yes
assistant