Both parties in 1994 competed for the multiracial racist vote.

Evidence

In the 1994 midterm elections, voters handed Republicans and their dictum on personal responsibility control of Congress. After the New Democrats got tougher than the New Republicans by passing the toughest crime bill in history, New Republicans pledged to get even tougher than the New Democrats. Both angled to win over one of the oldest interest groups—the racist vote—which probably had never before been as multiracial as it was in 1994. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1140

Categorization

• XREF: The “New Democrats” crime bill echoes the earlier chapter threads on tough-on-crime politics; the multiracial racists point extends the reader’s understanding that racist positions are not confined to white voters.
• SHARE: The observation that the racist vote had ‘probably never before been as multiracial’ — for a reader interested in the analytic scheme’s boundaries.