• August 1, 2016

  • Michael Tesler, political scientist, explains in The Washington Post, Aug. 1, 2016

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Michael Tesler, an associate professor of political science at University of California, Irvine, [writes]: Republicans have long been the party of racial conservatism. Since at least the 1960s, the GOP’s policies, rhetoric, and voters have been less supportive of minorities than have the Democrats’. These partisan differences over race have become especially pronounced during the Obama presidency.

For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/08/01/trump-is-the-first-republican-in-modern-times-to-win-the-partys-nomination-on-anti-minority-sentiments/.

 

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