>It also helps that the republicans are horrific towards anyone who isn't a straight white male There are women in all rungs of the Republican Party, from loca

>It also helps that the republicans are horrific towards anyone who isn't a straight white male There are women in all rungs of the Republican Party, from local to federal levels. The GOP has also followed the general trend of growing diversity (1) and I believe in 2013 were MORE diverse than the Democrats (although this isn't true today). The Democrats are more diverse, but the idea that the GOP is just some old boys club is outdated. Also, what do you mean by horrific? Certainly many are not as progressive on the issue as Coastal-Elite-White Democrats (and I'm being very specific there), but homophobia is extremely prevalent among the democratic base, especially among African-Americans (2) and Latino Americans (3). >Roy Moore overwhelmingly won the white vote despite.... I agree with you, Roy Moore was an absolute disaster. (1) http://www.people-press.org/2016/09/13/1-the-changing-composition-of-the-political-parties/ http://www.people-press.org/2016/09/13/1-the-changing-compos... (2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974805/ (3) http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/07399863900124007 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0739986390012400...