Republicans see an opportunity to create 'the biggest block of single issue voters' as they pit
parents against schools
Republicans are betting big on angry parents turning out for them this election cycle, just as they helped flip Virginia in the November governor's race.
"The establishment is scared," the leader of a political action committee, fighting to recall school board members in Loudoun County, Virginia, told attendees at the conservative CPAC conference on Thursday. And he said they know "their power structure has a very real risk of collapsing if you build a coalition of parents across partisanship" focused on the welfare and education of their children.
"So I think that we are looking at a moment where we have the potential to build the biggest block of single-issue voters in the history of American politics," Ian Prior, executive director of Fight for Schools and a senior advisor at America First Legal, said to applause.
Republicans are seizing on parental anger over controversial books and the teaching of race and gender to turn concerns about the public education system into conservative votes. Single-issue voters can be a powerful force in politics: In the 2016 presidential election, former President Donald Trump benefited from voters who believed he would appoint judges who oppose abortion.
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