She is the poster child for the shrinking GOP base.
More talking points. While certain demographic trends do not favor the GOP, chief of which and by far the most important being immigration from Mexico, the base of the GOP is still fundamentally sound. (The makeup of political parties change over time, and in a two-party democratic republic, you can bet your union pension that the GOP will evolve.)
The number of registered Republicans nationally has been on the uptick, for instance, and is now nearly on par with the number of registered Democrats.
The most recent iteration of a long-running (Pew?) poll shows that 40% of Americans consider themselves conservative or very conservative compared to 20% who consider themselves liberal or very liberal.
Most of the population migration from small towns to large urban centers is complete, so there will be no more Democratic gains in that area.
A greater percentage of people now call themselves pro-choice than ever before.
Fewer people are watching television, and TV is bay far the Democrats’ most useful advantage — in fact I’d go so far as to call them the TV Party.
etc., etc., etc.
Don’t get me wrong: The GOP has real issues, many of them long term. Short term, however, their issues are mostly with leadership and a truly in-the-tank national media (and by extension a leadership willing to play hardball and to gut the national media in myriad creative ways).
As always, don’t confuse television with reality, even though the vast majority or those who vote Democrat do just that ….
