The Nation's Richard Kim examines the issue of whether the GOP will choose to pursue voter outreach that appeals almost exclusively to white voters. Kim notes that while such a path might be a long term loser for the Republicans, it is yielding policies in various states that hurt minorities in the here-and-now.
The Nation: The GOP as a White Stronghold
"For the past two decades, the GOP has waged a crusade to redraw the political map so as to maximize the number of white voters in Republican-leaning districts, while lumping as many minority voters as possible into Democratic-leaning ones. The siege mentality is baked into the very DNA of the party, and it creates a perverse incentive structure in which only white voters matter."
---Richard Kim, The Nation
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