‘The Republicans lost the Nascar garage’
US: political crash on the track
Followers of the US National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, known fondly as Nascar, should have been the dream electorate for the Republican party: white, conservative, religious, motor-obsessed. But at the midterm elections they turned Democratic. Why?
by Robert Lipsyte
It’s the car, stupid
“I hate that term, Nascar Dads, it’s narrow and patronising, but it’s about time Democrats showed some sensitivity to the stock car culture” — David (Mudcat) Saunders, political consultant
The Democrats won the Senate and the House because the Republicans lost the garage. Four (...)
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