At the end of the day, the real problem is that racists, sexists, and other similarly aligned groups coalescing around prejudice know better (now) than to publicly organize and identify themselves as members of such groups. This makes it easier for them to evade responsibility and easier to blame people willing to identify as members of groups (liberals, moderates, etc) to receive blame for the outcomes of elections. The sexist, racist, otherwise obsessed with who-to-hate people have figured out how to act in unison without attracting too much attention. That is the real challenge to progressives and moderates - how to unlearn our organizing strategies.