CRED - race is a part of it. But also gender and age. Each year the dem base grows, the republican base shrinks. Republicans tried to shred their outdated social platform leading up to 2016 ... then trump happened.
I personally wish someone like Kasich or Paul Ryan would step forward and steer the Republican Party back to center. I’m 42 and I should be morphing into a republican but I just can’t get on board with a Trump train wreck or a Ted Cruz or a Tom cotton. If they guys follow trump, lots of 40 and 50 something educated won’t be switching over.
The Republican Party is literally dying. They usually only lead in white voters but even that is changing.
You can’t defend a guy like trump then expect independents or educated people to join.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics...raphic-groups/