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May 22, 2023 01:36 PM UTC
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Going forward, Republicans, try a new agenda:
MAGATrumpElection denialNeed to include the hardcore, religious right, agenda too.
I prefer the term christofascism
To make the decline of the El Paso County Republican Party (and the state Republican Party for that matter) even more obvious, today’s edition of the Colorado Sun compared the registration percentages between 2013 and today:
“As with the rest of the state, the number of active unaffiliated voters in El Paso County has increased to 48% this year from 31% at the end of April 2013. The percentage of active Republican voters declined to 31% from 46%, while Democrats saw a decline to 18% from 22%.”
Those numbers speak volumes. The Republican Party in El Paso County is in steep decline and has all but become a neutral factor in a statewide election. With Jefferson, Arapahoe, and Larimer counties, all former Republican strongholds, already in the Blue column, it is now virtually impossible for the Republicans to win a statewide elected office unless the Democrats nominate a lunatic. To add to the Republican decline is the fact that Denver and Boulder counties are bluer than ever and Adams, Broomfield, and Pueblo counties remain in the Democratic column. Of the large counties, that leaves only Weld, Douglas, and Mesa in the Republican column and there are cracks in the firmament in Douglas. Simply put, there are not enough Republican strongholds left in Colorado to form a winning coalition in statewide elections. They have no one else to blame but themselves.
They need a strategic partnership with the "No Labels" Party.
If you can get No Labels to pull enough votes from the Democrats, then the Republicans (i.e. MAGA) can be elected.
With the various changes in the registration process, after 2013 the "default" registration is "Unaffiliated." Add that the Unaffiliated get primary ballots from all parties and can choose which to return.
For everyone other than those who want to be involved in a party's machinery or run for office, there's no particular advantage to claiming an affiliation.
I don't know a bout that. Only getting half as much campaign propaganda is worth something.
Insightful analysis. One of the main reasons I think Republicans have failed so miserably in the state is their reluctance or outright refusal to to admit that the state is no longer politically favorable to them. Most would use this moment to moderate their message and get more attuned with what Colorado voters actually want (you know, what Democrats have done since 20ish years ago). Instead the COGOP has become as MAGA as the GOP in deeply red states like Alabama or Mississippi. They instead double down on wanting to advance anti-abortion laws, anti-LGBT laws, anti-environmental and so much more when voters have loudly rejected such things for years now and where polls show that Colorado voters overwhelmingly support the things the state GOP wants to reduce or outright stop/ban. And when they are such a minority, you would think they would strike a note of bipartisanship and moderation but nope, they stonewall and purpose insane bills not even many of their constituents want.
It also speaks volumes that the chair of the COGOP is an election-denier, a thing only found among fellow GOP chairs in red or purple states and even regulated to only some at that. The COGOP is basically a far-right party operating in a moderate blue state. As this rate, it's hard to imagine the GOP having any significant influence at the state capitol for the foreseeable future. I consider myself a moderate (and former ticket-splitter) but the shitshow that is the Colorado GOP and the GOP in general has made me stop voting Republican since 2016.
True enough but the Dems figured out how to win elections even earlier than 2003.
Even which Republicans outnumber Democrats in Colorado in the '70's, '80's and '90's, some Democrats figured out how to win: Dick Lamm (I know, he was a DINO), Gary Hart, Roy Romer (I know, another DINO), Tim Wirth, and Ben Nighthorse Campbell (truly a DINO until he dropped the act and came out as a Republican).
They may not have qualified to be member of the Squad or otherwise pandered to the Give-Us-Free-Stuff constituency, but with the exception of Hart's opponent, Mary Estelle Buchanan, in 1980, they were better than their Republican opponents.
Also wanted to add: it's very charitable to assume that Republicans would still have a shot in a statewide election if CODEMS advanced a freak show as if the COGOP won't advance even worse candidates. Recent history makes me doubt the GOP has plans to nominate sane people at any level much less a statewide one. Gardner was literally the best the GOP had at a state level, a success story you say, and he lost reelection by a very comfortable amount. If Gardner was considered the future of the COGOP, then things aren't good at all for them.
Assumes facts not in evidence, in particular that Republicans are capable of reflection.
Agreed. Now I believe some Republicans are capable of reflection. Wadhams is capable of reflection. But the idea of Dave Williams taking any time to reflect on the stances and ideals of the CO GOP? lolno.