The GOP is not changing anytime soon; here's why...

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/obama-religion-voters-2012_n_2090258.html

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http://www.accuracy.org/release/election-results-the-income-divide/

Does anyone here honestly believe that the GOP is going to "see the light" and "become more moderate" on any issue anytime soon(let alone social issues, considering the 79% of white evangelicals who voted for Romney)?

This is the modern Republican Party-whiter, older, more male, more religious (especially Christian), and wealthier than the American population in general. This is true of both the Republican "base" and the GOP "establishment."

The GOP has no choice but to continue doubling down on what they currently are, at least for the time being. It's not about whether they want to change (they don't) or not; it's that they have boxed themselves in, demographically and politically, and the disconnect between what they are and where the country is going just makes them angrier, more partisan, more ideological.

Yes, one day the Republican Party will be quite different. But not anytime soon, IMHO.

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I'm curious how different incomes voted adjusted for race. I imagine there are more blacks/Hispanics in the lower groups, so it would be interesting to see how poorer whites voted.

My guess would be less Republican than middle and upper income whites, but still lean Republican. Different definitions will get different results, of course.