December 28, 2022
The Republican Party is killing itself. It might be considered a Trump-assisted suicide. Studies suggest that for decades public health decisions in states controlled by Republicans on issues such as Medicaid, gun legislation, tobacco taxes, and vaccines have led to higher Republican death rates. Republican-led states pushed back on COVID lockdowns, and the impact on population death rates was observed within weeks. Other factors such as more poverty, less education, and worse socioeconomic conditions could explain the higher death rates in Republican-leaning places, but this is hardly comforting.
The Grand Old Party was already shrinking anyway as the crazies and fabricators took over, which drove the moderates out. Millennials and GenZoomers clearly prefer the Democratic agenda as witnessed in the last few elections. Voters who were born into Republican families continue to vote for Republicans because they can’t imagine doing anything else. I think many of them are just voting against Democrats. However, these voters are aging out, and this process is being hastened by the party’s own agenda.
The Spin Doctor 