Myriad reasons behind GOP election struggles GOP has abandoned diversification effort
Re: “Real reason Newsom is the target of a recall” (Page A7, March 31):
While the article is informative regarding the history of Republicans losing elections in California, a different viewpoint is why.
California and most suburban areas across the United States have moved away from the outdated and narrow ideas the GOP has regarding what is important to the electorate. Most voters now believe that climate change is real, the economy needs equitable handling for all, a woman’s health is important for her (and her doctors) to manage, Black Lives Matter, Asian Americans really do face hate, misogyny is real, and on and on.
The GOP has become a party of older, white men who want the “Leave It to Beaver” world of the mid-20th century. The United States and the world are moving away from the “olden days” while the GOP can’t even come up with a platform for their presidential election except to say, “Whatever Trump wants is fine.” That is the why.
— Stacie Thomas, Fremont
I wonder if Republicans have thrown in the towel on diversification. In states having a majority of GOP congressional members, they furiously work to pass laws that will Make Voting White Again. These largely symbolic efforts will not survive legal battles pertaining to their constitutionality, but the focus of their collective rage is clear. The party of White grievance (GOP) has devolved into a motley assemblage of whining nihilists.
In California, their best chance to capture statewide office lies with a recall since Republicans hold little sway here. Elsewhere, they pin their hopes on redistricting and voter suppression attempts in a desperate last-gasp stab at retaining relevancy.
Also, the reluctance of these dinosaurs to vaccinate against COVID-19 would be comically pathetic were it not for the fact that their malfeasance endangers others.
This party had a long run. Now splintering into a disjointed throng of cohorts, it will have a difficult time maintaining a meaningful presence.
— Jon James, Pleasanton