In a coming book, Henry Olsen of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington divides the Republican electorate into “four discrete factions that are based primarily on ideology, with elements of class and religious background tempering that focus.”
They are: very conservative evangelical voters, very conservative secular voters, somewhat conservative voters and moderate or liberal voters. Looking at the Congress, one could wonder whether the somewhat conservative group was crushed by a hunk of Maine granite before the 2010 midterms. But Mr. Olsen says they still compose up to 40 percent of Republican voters nationally, and historically they end up choosing the primary winner.
via Waiting for the Republican Shakeout – The New York Times.
from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/2015/11/13/waiting-for-the-republican-shakeout-the-new-york-times-2/
