Fixated on shrinking government, destroying labor unions, cutting taxes for the wealthy, and protecting their big corporate donors from regulation, GOP leaders failed to notice that their electorate had other worries. Substantial numbers of GOP primary voters support tax increases, labor unions, and a higher minimum wage, according to research this year by the RAND Corporation.
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