The GOP’s base is now the working class. The result is chaos — and it won’t be over soon.
Rep. Jim Jordan makes his way toward a GOP leadership meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday. the Republican Party? At a moment when they seem to have so much going for them, Republicans again are working overtime to throw it all away.found that voters prefer Republicans to handle the economy by a shocking 21 points, the largest lead for the GOP in over 30 years. Similar margins hold for Republicans on border security , handling crime and immigration .
But this was not a sustainable strategy. Working-class voters, as many of their communities continued to deteriorate, lost faith that lower taxes and less government were really the solution toproblems — however much those principles might appeal to business supporters of the GOP. It was Trump’s genius to break with orthodox Republican economics, particularly on trade, entitlements, deficits and corporate priorities.
In part, this reflects the fact that Trump is not interested in policy issues and knows little about them. But it also highlights the lack of unity in Republican ranks aboutto appeal to working-class voters. Some Republicans want to stick to traditional GOP approaches ; some want to press the accelerator on economic nationalism; some want a, who disagree about how strong a role government should play in supplementing and regulating the free market.
The lack of a policy center leads Republicans to over-index on cultural issues, especially anything connected to “wokeness,” to the point where they seem extreme even when Democrats have adopted. That obsessive focus on culture limits Republicans’ ability to capitalize on working-class economic discontent. The culture wars will get you only so far.
Trump is unlikely to be able — or even want — to fix this fundamental contradiction at the heart of Republican politics. Indeed, he embodies that contradiction. The GOP awaits a politician adept enough to synthesize working-class concerns with policies capable of uniting their party and a broad coalition of voters. Until then, Republicans will continue to struggle, even against an unpopular Democratic Party.
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