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The Quiet Battle To Shape The GOP After Trump
More than 500 conservative officials, election administrators, policymakers, and civic leaders.
More than 30 gatherings across 20-plus states. And, for the most part, conversations happening behind closed doors.
That’s the picture Johns Hopkins University’s SNF Agora Institute and the R Street Institute painted in a report published this September, detailing three years of work to build what they call the “Civic Right” — a network of Republicans claiming to be focused on election trust, governing institutions, and the future of their movement.
The initiative’s organizers argue that conservatives need better infrastructure to connect leaders and turn their ideas into sustained political action.
Not exactly the most eye-catching stuff, but it offers a glimpse into the fight over what comes next for the Republican Party, a fight that is playing out beyond the boundaries of Washington’s catfights.
For some, the party’s future means doubling down on Donald Trump’s MAGA movement. For others, it means returning to the old guard of neoconservatism. And for others still, it means turning the page on both and looking for a new cause that’ll resonate with everyday Americans.
Amid all this, the mysterious Civic Right has been meeting privately to discuss what comes next.