Demographic Representation Quotes
He was referring to the then Republican party. When the original Republican Party was founded, it was the much more liberal of the American political parties. After Lincoln and Emancipation, the vast majority of Blacks supported the Republicans. Most feminists of the time were also abolitionists and also supported the party, as did the Hispanics. Most of the young people were Republican. The Democrats were an “old white guy” party/ Over the years the Republican Party grew more conservative, and after Democratic President Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act, almost all the racists in the country shifted from the Democratic party to the Republican and this alienated Blacks still further. The Republican Party opposed the Equal Rights Amendment and Affirmative Action, and then despite the efforts of President George W. Bush and Senator John McCain killed immigration reform which alienated most Hispanics. Women and youth shifted awar from the Republican party. Jeb Bush, who married a Hispanic and spoke Spanish fluently, also attracted women and many youth, but he was a Republican exception.