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Reading between the lines, it's an admission that capturing the middle, uncommitted, unpolarised, disinterested ground, is becoming hard for the Republican party in its current form and phase. But the problem to be solved is not to forbid that middle ground its right to vote, but to be relevant to that middle ground. If you think uninformed people are the problem and why you’re not getting votes, you’re doing a terrible job of informing them.
I'd say that's a charitable interpretation of what he actually meant by "quality." Consider what was meant when people said that, and they did, say, prior to the 1960's. That's probably what it still means.