Just remember that if you can see your living room over the Internet then so can the government . <| sep |> Right , I actually do agree that most Republican voters themselves aren ' t racist . The Republican party is still the socially conservative party , but it ' s still far more liberal than anything that existed a hundred years ago . Society has moved on and both parties have moved everleftward on social issues The Republican party ' s just moved less so than the Democrats in that direction . Enough to generally agree that racism is bad , but not enough to really unanimously support gay rights yet . Though I do feel they ' ll be dragged into accept it eventually Millennial Republicans are far more accepting of LGBT rights than the old guard , so it might just be a time thing . I do think the southern strategy still caused a longlasting change in party direction though . For Democrats , social progress became a major part of the party platform , whereas it wasn ' t before . This emphasis on equality and social justice has been consistent since the 60 s , which is why the Democratic party is now between the two of them the more socially liberal one , whereas before then , that title definitely went to the Republicans .