GOP Tax Cut May Turn Red States Blue Even Faster
NYT: The Republican Tax Act Could Turn Texas Blue
So red states with high rates of domestic in-migration such as Arizona, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and Florida are very likely adding Democrats faster than Republicans even when taking into account flows of retirees seeking warm Southern weather.
This wouldnt constitute an urgent problem for Republicans if Mr. Trumps divisive ethno-nationalist identity politics wasnt already intensifying nonwhite voters disdain for the party. Exit polls in Novembers Virginia governors race vividly illustrate the partys perilous electoral position. Ed Gillespie, an establishment Republican, won 57 percent of the white vote with a race-baiting Trumpist campaign, but an abysmal 19 percent of the nonwhite vote.
Texas is already a majority-minority state, and its voting-age population will follow suit next year. Arizona is set to flip to majority-minority status in 2023, and Georgia and Florida are set to follow in 2025 and 2028. A more inclusive Republican Party could hold these states indefinitely, but the Trump partys pivot to white identity populism has used up its slack.
Karma's comin' atcha, GOPpies...
hopefully,
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