Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to bar all Muslims from entering the United States has reignited an old debate about the Republican Party, which some see as the party of intolerance. …
An expanding body of research by psychologists, economists and political scientists suggests that voters’ racial biases help the GOP win elections, and critics say the party is capitalizing on that fact. Though researchers haven’t settled how successful dog-whistle politics are at tapping into those prejudices, some believe that race will become more, not less important in the party’s future campaigns. CONT.
Max Ehrenfreund, Washington Post