Are Republicans Really Tiring of the Wokeness War?

The latest New York Times/Siena poll of Republican primary voters set out to establish a false binary. Unsurprisingly, that effort produced a spurious consensus.

The survey asked Republican voters if they were more likely to support a candidate who “focuses on defeating radical ‘woke’ ideology in our schools, media, and culture” versus a candidate who “focuses on restoring law and order in our streets and at the border.” It’s hardly surprising that Republicans gravitated toward the hypothetical candidate who devoted his energies to ensuring that voters would not be mugged, raped, or killed — the candidate who prioritized keeping America’s social services from becoming overtaxed by non-citizens over the one who emphasized culture-war battles. In the real world, there is no tension between these two imperatives. Every Republican candidate is committed to doing both. The distinctions between the GOP’s candidates are matters of degree and emphasis.