Why don't Republicans go after the Atheist vote?

[TaraJo]

I have a friend who is trans and she has similar feelings. She tends to side with Republicans in most economic issues and until she transitioned over the past year or so, she generally voted Republican. This year, though, she specifically stated her difference in opinion: "Up until this year, whoever won it wasn't going to change things that much. Might pay a little more or less on taxes, a few other minor changes and the winner of the election didn't really matter. Not anymore. Now, if Obama doesn't win, someone who is openly hostile to me and my interests is in office. The executive orders that can keep me and my family economic safe and stable, those are entirely dependant on Obama winning."

Really, that's why the Republicans lost in this last election: they're alienating too many groups. GLBT groups aren't going to vote for a party that's openly hostile to them. Atheists won't either. Muslims aren't going to vote for a party working so hard to demonize them. They've hitched their party entirely to a very specific demographic: the angry, white, wealthy, straight, middle aged male; and the further you get from that demographic, the more hostile to you they are.