For southern democrats...vying for positions within various states in 2016 (county commission, mayor, state legislature, AG, Gov)....this is a fairly harmful tactic by a national candidate and would decrease their odds of winning. I would imagine disgust would be the appropriate term to use. They’ve been waiting to uncouple themselves from the President’s agenda and this doesn’t achieve that.
That’s a very good point, and does address a dynamic that many folks would fail to consider. Thank you.
I will have to state here though, I honestly don’t know how anyone could remain a Democrat these days. If these folks have a problem with the national polices, they need to get out of the party. If enough of them did, the party would take corrective measures. They’d have to.
This dynamic plays on our side too. Many of us remain a registered Republican because there really isn’t another place to go that is viable. Tens of millions of us should re-register to make it damn clear we’re sick of what has or better yet hasn’t been taking place from the Republican Party.