The Republicans have always been the party of the wealthy white elites

[Ardent15]

In the South,for example, the first areas to go Republican were among the wealthiest.

Look at George H. W. Bush. He was a Republican Congressman in a traditionally solidly Democratic state. He represented the wealthy part of Houston.

And look at Newt Gingrich. He was the only Republican congressman in Georgia for a while. He represented a group of mostly wealthy counties south and southwest of Atlanta.

This seems to support the viewpoint that the Republicans are the party of the upper-middle class and wealthy, especially in mostly white areas.

[bluestateguy]

1. What you say has merit

But Republicans no longer monopolize the wealthy vote. Take a look at the election returns in Marin County, California. Even Orange County is moving in our direction.

[Ardent15]

2. Wealthy WHITE votes-in culturally mixed wealthy areas like the ones you mentioned...

...the Democrats do a hell of a lot better.

[Burma Jones]

3. The 'Pukes have lost/are losing the wealthy white elites

As long as Bible Thumpers and Rush hold sway over the Party, they won't get them back.......

Now that the 'Pukes have been rightfully tarred with the loss of SHITLOADS of White Elite dollars, they will not get them back. The GOP is rapidly becoming the party of the folks that wish the Civil War went the other way, and only them........

The Wealthy and Elite (and about 60% white) county in which I live is solidly Democratic. There are NO Republicans in ANY office in the County, not even Registrar of Wills....

I live in Montgomery County, MD....

[Ardent15]

4. That's a good sign

I hope that trend continues.

[Ardent15]

5. Also, your county is 40 percent nonwhite...

..which is significant.

[Burma Jones]

9. True, but even in the whiter and wealthier districts, 'Pukes don't stand a chance

I think it's a reaction to the complete dumbing down of the GOP......

[Ardent15]

10. The wealthy white areas of the South and Midwest are still solidly GOP...

...but that may change

[onehandle]

6. Georgia's middle class is solidly Republican.

That won't be changing any time soon.

[Ardent15]

8. They've successfully painted Democrats as enemies of the middle class

[Echo In Light]

7. I've always considered them quasi-fascists by degrees

People are too willy-nilly about offending anyone with the truth, so I say call em by the appropriate terms.

Deny it all you want, but "conservative" and "republican" are euphemisms (so far as how people are conditioned via Orwellian language as a means of social control in this country) for an ideology that embodies a fascist prototype within its tenets/character.

And no, that doesn't mean that any/every person who categorizes them self as such are rule-crazy, projective, classist, racist, sexist, jackboot sadists ... however, never trivialize the psychological underpinnings, for if you talk with such people you'll always find a want of closing or diminishing some aspect of the tolerant, open society in favor of mass uniformity as it pertains to mindless obedience/patriotism/security/"tradition"/religious belief, etc

[EstimatedProphet]

11. They weren't under Lincoln

But it's been about that long since they weren't, too.

[Ardent15]

12. Lincoln was hardly a Republican, he crossed party lines in the North...

Hell, he didn't even run as a Republican in 1864-he ran under the banner of "National Union", and picked Southern Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate.

[ellacott]

13. The class divide began with FDR

The wedge was expanded when the Dixiecrats fled to the Republican party. It's ironic that they represent the wealthier districts but the Democratic Congress/Senate had a higher personal wealth than their counterparts. That number has probably changed over the years. What's even more ironic is that these Repub. Congress/Senate are railing against letting the tax cuts expire when exit polls showed that the voters who made over 250k voted for Obama at a higher number.

[Ardent15]

14. Many wealthy people tend to be highly educated and genuniely care about their fellow Americans

It's the white middle-class that votes Republican in the hope that they get rich hone day.

[ellacott]

15. That is so true

I've meant so many people who say they are Repub because they are striving to be rich one day. They feel if they associate themselves with this party it would help them develop the mindset of the rich.:eyes:

[Joe Fields]

16. And it's way past time that those fuckers go to the rear of the bus...

And let us liberals drive.