Book bans make headlines. A stance on LGBTQ issues might impact a company’s business or draw the ire of the right. With Republicans almost universally telling us they want 2024 candidates who’ll “challenge woke ideas,” it’s clear race and gender issues are staying in the spotlight this campaign.
Here we look at what may be driving Republicans’ interest in these issues, whether they’re popular and how, on matters of what to actually do, the party shows some splits between MAGA Republicans and the rest.
For a lot of Republicans, there’s a pushback against the perceived overreach of today’s diversity and inclusion efforts: 82% of Republicans say efforts in the U.S. to promote the rights of transgender people are “going too far.” (Most independents, for their part, say the same.) And then two-thirds of Republicans say efforts to promote racial diversity in the U.S. are “going too far.” CONTINUED
Anthony Salvanto, CBS News
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