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Roll Call: The Politics of Identity Politics

Roll Call: The Politics of Identity Politics
N&V Staff
July 21, 2015
Perdue and Gardner proved exceptions to a rule in 2014. (Photo by Tom Williams, CQ Roll Call)

Perdue and Gardner proved exceptions to a rule in 2014. (Photo by Tom Williams, CQ Roll Call)

(Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call) – “I’m tired of hyphenated Americans,” complains Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal in “We’re All Americans,” a television spot aired by Believe Again, the super PAC supporting the presidential hopeful’s bid.

“We’re not Indian-Americans or African-Americans or Asian-Americans. We’re all Americans,” he continues as the audience applauds.

Jindal thinks the way most conservatives and Republicans do. They generally prefer to focus on individuals (and individual liberty) and decry the Democrats’ interest group view of politics and their emphasis on group membership and equality.

But while railing against “hyphenated Americans” may well resonate with the party faithful, it also shows many Republicans don’t understand how some Americans see themselves and their communities of interest.

In the 1970s and 1980s, organized labor was the Democratic Party’s key “special interest” group, but now the party’s growing electoral strength is based on racial and ethnic groups, younger voters and white liberals. In many ways, “identity politics” now defines the Democratic Party.

Of course, both parties engage in what one Republican political consultant calls “tribalism.”

To read the full column, click here.

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