It's not your imagination. Republicans are becoming more racist
by David Atkins
Michael Tesler has the eye-popping charts of the day in a tremendous piece in the Washington Post.
Here is the way Republicans and Democrats used to be split on controversial major events dealing with race:
Here's how the split is now:
That's simply stunning. The Republican base had a choice to become more inclusive as the demographic tide advanced on them, or to double down on maximizing the racist white vote.
It's obvious which way they've decided to go.
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