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Question: which path should the GOP take in the future?
#1
Libertarianism
 
#2
Populism
 
#3
Moderation
 
#4
Hardline conservatism
 
#5
Everything's fine, the GOP doesn't need to change.
 
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Total Voters: 86

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Icefire9
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« on: August 22, 2015, 11:51:02 AM »

The official game plan seemed to be to moderate on immigration and hope that that was enough to win over Latinos.  Trump seems to have thrown a wrench in that plan, at least temporarily.  What do you think the GOP should do?
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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2015, 08:56:37 PM »

I'm really enjoying the conversation going on right now.

I can definitely see the appeal for Republicans to go after blue collar whites with a more populist message. 

However wouldn't that turn off a lot of millennials?  Despite Rand Paul's failure (which is really more about him than Libertarianism in general), the youngest generation is very libertarian.  I have doubts that a toned down version of Trump could appeal to these people.

While I think this strategy could be good in the short term, since younger voters aren't reliable voters yet, this could backfire in the longer term.  What do you guys think?

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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2015, 09:46:31 PM »

An interesting point that the recent House leadership struggle has brought up is that there really isn't any way to steer this ship.

At least at the moment, the GOP can't control its message.
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