Last year showed that to survive, the GOP must widen its appeal. Otherwise, it will become a permanent minority party that may never elect another U.S.
president. Donald Trump tried to open the GOP to Blacks and Hispanics with modest results. But the GOP continues to slight LGBTQ people. “Slight,” however, is too soft a term for former Vice President Mike Pence’s devious homophobic demagoguery, let alone the GOP’s history of blatant anti-gay bigotry with Jesse Helms, Pat Buchanan et.
al. Six percent of the electorate now self identifies as LGBT, which is larger than Asians at 5%, and almost half that of Blacks at 13%.