Comments on: How Republicans became the party against cities http://legallysociable.com/2012/10/19/how-republicans-became-to-be-the-party-against-cities/ Pleasant musings on sociology, law, cities and suburbs, housing, and miscellaneous errata. Mon, 20 May 2013 22:01:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Scott Beyer http://legallysociable.com/2012/10/19/how-republicans-became-to-be-the-party-against-cities/comment-page-1/#comment-24076 Scott Beyer Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:27:27 +0000 http://legallysociable.com/?p=9914#comment-24076 There are a number of urban demographics that Republicans simply won’t win, but there’s one that they should: urban professionals. The two see eye-to-eye on many issues, from school reform to service privatization to policing. But they still lose this demographic because, alas, appealing to voters isn’t always about policy. It’s about party branding, particularly for social issues. And for decades, the GOP has branded itself as the party of God, family, and country, making it anti-science, anti-gay, and anti-immigrant. That appeals to Middle-America, but not to urban professionals who pride themselves on their cosmopolitanism. To them, the GOP is still the party of Bible-beating rubes like Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum. Until the party realizes the flaw of this approach, it’ll keep losing cities. To read more, visit my blog:

http://bigcitysparkplug.com/2013/01/21/urbanites-one-of-many-groups-uninspired-by-republicans/

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