Not 2012 anymore: voters now think GOP cares about them

Plus: winners and losers at the second debate, differences between GOP voters and the general electorate, the meaning of special elections, polling the working class GOP, and new OpenAI features

No. 286 | September 29, 2023

🗳️ Elections

Eli Yokley: Since Trump, Voters Have Become More Likely to See the GOP as Caring About Them (Morning Consult)

“The Republican Party’s improvement on who voters think cares about them came from across the board when considering voters’ race, education and income level, something that may matter even more than the Democratic Party’s advantage on the question of caring about poor Americans. Since 2016, the GOP has taken a lead over the Democratic Party on the question of caring about “people like me” among middle-income households, people without a college degree and white people, but has also cut its rival party’s advantage among voters of color — most notably Black voters.”

Holly Fuong, Aaron Bycoffe, Humera Lodhi and Nathaniel Rakich: Who Won the Second Republican Debate? (FiveThirtyEight)

“Now for the question …