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It's almost like politicians court voters who can give them W's.
Literally deliver votes where they're needed, and you get your say in policy. Advocate, Advertise, Organize, become the biggest most vital voting block and then reap the rewards
This begs an important question...
(In your opinion) Why are people so racist that it determines their voting choices in great enough numbers that they're a significant voting bloc?
I'm not the one you asked, but I have a wild ass guess. It makes them feel important and/or powerful to have someone to look down on.
And it's nice to have some outside party to blame for... whatever.
It's trivially easy to stoke that kind of fear and hate, manufacturing a loyal voter base that won't look too closely at your policies, so the wealthy beneficiaries of GOP policy throw money at the narrative, the GOP runs with it, and suddenly a third of the population's entire identity is built around the construction of a country-bankrupting wall to keep brown people ou- ...pay no attention to the wall - now we're banning musl- ...migrant crime I call it Biden migrant crime... MS13...
Because if a voter's only real position is "Hurt minorities", other positions are unlikely to stop them from voting for a candidate. On the other hand, people with actual ideologies can be tripped up even by one or two policies that are out-of-sync with their desired policies, reducing turnout.
...which is why there's immense resources poured into manufacturing that racism and we have right wing unity - yes. I was walking them to that conclusion.
Racisms and culture issues are just used to distract from working and middle class economic exploitation
That's about the sum of it - I was trying to lead that horse to water though.