Reagan even got lifelong democrats like my grandmother to vote for him. And her in her late 60’s at the time.
He didn’t do it by being a better democrat. He did it by continual enunciation of conservatism. And showing that in his first term.
My grandmother didn’t vote for the ‘moderate democrat’ running with an R next to his name, she voted for a conservative.
Thank you. You are setting forth a very strong case for selling the message, as opposed to catering to each small, specialized group of Americans. The GOPe has been pursuing the later course for some time now. As you pointed out, they do so to relentless electoral failure. Time to sell the message of conservatism once again. If it’s done well & right, blacks will see it as in their best interests too.