THE GRAND OLD, OLD PARTY: The Future of the Republican Party
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Channel: Hoover Institution · 2008 · News & Politics
The presidential election of 2000 highlighted the significant demographic divisions between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The strength of the Republicans lies in the South and in the middle of the country. But the voters that carried those regions for George W. Bush, mostly white and Protestant, are shrinking as a proportion of the overall United States population. Are these demographic changes a serious problem for the Republicans? If so, what can they do to bring groups that have traditionally been DemocraticâHispanics, blacks, and Catholics, for exampleâinto the Republican Party?
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