That didn't work at all. The GOP continues to get its usual ~10% of the black vote.
It didn't. I think the focus on blacks was a mistake, esp. as the GOP got +10% of the Latino vote by simply not being retarded. Imagine if they had focused on that more (and I know you probably wouldn't like that).
Which part, the Dems' relationship with black voters or the GOP's soft pedaling black idpol to its voters?
I just don't see how pointing out Dems' harmful policies to the people they use as their mascots is "black IDPol".
Imagine if they kept the country whiter. That would have been their best option electorally, but they care less about winning elections than serving their donors.
I know you probably wouldn't like that
You wouldn't like it either if you were actually opposed to idpol and not just when white people do it.
I just don't see how pointing out Dems' harmful policies to the people they use as their mascots is "black IDPol".
I already explained this. They are selling soft BLM mentality to their mostly white voter base. They aren't moving the needle with blacks, as you just acknowledged. Whites need to have our own (precarious) future as the basis of our politics, not worrying about saving blacks from themselves.
That would have been their best option electorally, but they care less about winning elections than serving their donors.
Correct.
You wouldn't like it either if you were actually opposed to idpol and not just when white people do it.
More people voting GOP is not "IDPol". You just like to brand anything as that in order to justify IDPol for white people.
They are selling soft BLM mentality to their mostly white voter base. They aren't moving the needle with blacks, as you just acknowledged. Whites need to have our own (precarious) future as the basis of our politics, not worrying about saving blacks from themselves.
That's a separate issue. If the mentality sells, it's because it is appealing at this moment. If you view things differently, then sell that mentality to people so this is no longer appealing.
People won't stop caring about black people simply because the GOP stops using these appeals. That's not how things work, and it's surprising that a normally crafty strategic realist like you would not see that.
You are talking about pandering to Hispanics, right? The GOP already does a ton of that, too.
If the mentality sells, it's because it is appealing at this moment. If you view things differently, then sell that mentality to people so this is no longer appealing.
You've got this all turned on its head. The white GOP voter base never had any in-built fondness or care for blacks. To the extent they have that at all, it's because of propaganda like this.
The GOP isn't pandering to its voters. It's trying to shape their worldview. It doesn't even appear to be very appealing at the moment, either, considering the GOP's underwhelming performance lately. 2016 Trump showed you what worked - anti-immigration, anti-crime, anti-intervention, snubbing corporate interest in favor of populism. The GOP, including him, would just rather lose than live up to that rhetoric.
You are talking about pandering to Hispanics, right? The GOP already does a ton of that, too.
I'm talking about the fact that the GOP focused mostly on blacks, for no gain at all, while Hispanics increased their vote for the GOP by 10 percentage points for rather little effort at all.
As you well know, GOP weak on immigration policies have nothing to do with appealing to Hispanics and everything to do with the rich donor class.
The white GOP voter base never had any in-built fondness or care for blacks.
Everyone cares about his fellow man. Surely, you'd rather not that the neighborhoods of blacks be lawless hellholes where you get shot on your way to school.
2016 Trump showed you what worked - anti-immigration, anti-crime, anti-intervention, snubbing corporate interest in favor of populism. The GOP, including him, would just rather lose than live up to that rhetoric.
And yet 2016 Trump also said "what do you have to lose".
It didn't. I think the focus on blacks was a mistake, esp. as the GOP got +10% of the Latino vote by simply not being retarded. Imagine if they had focused on that more (and I know you probably wouldn't like that).
I just don't see how pointing out Dems' harmful policies to the people they use as their mascots is "black IDPol".
Imagine if they kept the country whiter. That would have been their best option electorally, but they care less about winning elections than serving their donors.
You wouldn't like it either if you were actually opposed to idpol and not just when white people do it.
I already explained this. They are selling soft BLM mentality to their mostly white voter base. They aren't moving the needle with blacks, as you just acknowledged. Whites need to have our own (precarious) future as the basis of our politics, not worrying about saving blacks from themselves.
Correct.
More people voting GOP is not "IDPol". You just like to brand anything as that in order to justify IDPol for white people.
That's a separate issue. If the mentality sells, it's because it is appealing at this moment. If you view things differently, then sell that mentality to people so this is no longer appealing.
People won't stop caring about black people simply because the GOP stops using these appeals. That's not how things work, and it's surprising that a normally crafty strategic realist like you would not see that.
You are talking about pandering to Hispanics, right? The GOP already does a ton of that, too.
You've got this all turned on its head. The white GOP voter base never had any in-built fondness or care for blacks. To the extent they have that at all, it's because of propaganda like this.
The GOP isn't pandering to its voters. It's trying to shape their worldview. It doesn't even appear to be very appealing at the moment, either, considering the GOP's underwhelming performance lately. 2016 Trump showed you what worked - anti-immigration, anti-crime, anti-intervention, snubbing corporate interest in favor of populism. The GOP, including him, would just rather lose than live up to that rhetoric.
I'm talking about the fact that the GOP focused mostly on blacks, for no gain at all, while Hispanics increased their vote for the GOP by 10 percentage points for rather little effort at all.
As you well know, GOP weak on immigration policies have nothing to do with appealing to Hispanics and everything to do with the rich donor class.
Everyone cares about his fellow man. Surely, you'd rather not that the neighborhoods of blacks be lawless hellholes where you get shot on your way to school.
And yet 2016 Trump also said "what do you have to lose".