Can His Coalition Of Haters Win the Election?
The Democratic Party is a coalition of sometimes loosely united interests that hope to achieve enough unity to win elections when they come around. Democrats typically get the majority of Black, Hispanic, LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim, and Asian voters, as well as college-educated white people.
The Republican Party has a coalition of its own, including white Evangelical Christians and non-college-educated whites, with support from factions of Hispanic Americans like Cubans and Venezuelans. Republicans also get overwhelming support from the spectrum of white supremacist groups. Neo-Nazis, skinheads, and the KKK are all part of the base and are rarely denounced.
Those calling themselves conservatives vote Republican, though their candidates no longer demonstrate the conservative values they espouse. American voters are fairly apathetic about elections; in 2020, about 66% of eligible voters cast a ballot. Both parties attempt to whip up their eligible voters to do so; this is where the hate comes in.
The Democratic voters are not without hate; there is a degree of hatred for Trump and what he represents (himself and white supremacy). There are some single issues like the Middle East that Ukraine that stir intense…