While hard-right Republicans have signaled reductions to Medicaid, Obamacare, and anti-poverty programs, polls show that many Republican voters oppose such cuts. The GOP has yet to find a solution to this problem. Republicans have a spending problem:
As congressional Republicans prepare for a budget showdown later this year with President Joe Biden, they say they will insist on large cuts to federal spending. So far, though, they have left out some pretty important details: What those cuts might be.cut. Party leaders have promised not to touch Medicare and Social Security. Republicans generally oppose reductions in military spending and veterans’ benefits.
Almost 70% of House Republicans represent districts where the median income is lower than the national median, according to researchers at the University of Southern California. By contrast, about 60% of House Democrats represent districts more affluent than the median.I’ve written before about the tensions that this inversion has created for Democrats. The party increasingly reflects the views of upper-income professionals who tend to be more liberal on social issues than most swing voters.
But the new class dynamic also creates challenges for the Republican Party. For decades, it was the party that skewed affluent. It still had to manage the differences between its higher-income voters and its evangelical voters, but Republicans were mostly comfortable pushing for lower taxes and smaller government . Paul Ryan, the former House speaker, embodied this outlook.
Polls show that even many Republican voters oppose cuts to government health care programs. The same message is evident in the outcome of state-level ballot initiatives: Idaho, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Utah have all voted to expand Medicaid.The Republican Party has not yet figured out a solution to this problem.
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