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Reince Priebus was the head of the Republican National Committee. He ordered up what came to be known as the GOP autopsy. The report notes that the way we communicate our principles isn't resonating widely enough. In both 2008 and 2012, President Obama won a combined 80% of the votes of all minority groups. This episode is supported by BetterHelp Therapy Online.

It’s March 2013. The G.O.P., in tatters, issues a scathing report blaming its electoral failures on an out-of-touch leadership that ignores minorities at its own peril. Just three years later, Donald Trump proves his party dead wrong. Today, how certain assumptions took hold of both parties — and what they’re still getting wrong — heading into the midterm elections.