People are idiots and especially I’ve learned many Republicans are fools.
Can’t tell you how many supposedly Rick solid anti Democrat Republicans were offended by Trump in the debate.
They have no sense of what’s at stake or if they do, they are willing to be scared off by political correctness.
Trump was rude, let’s open the borders, make 50 million new citizens, destroy the economy, sell out to China, two new democrat states that aren’t states, pack the Supreme Court.
Many many people are fools, but it’s always been this way. Television dominates them and democrats dominate television.
If the polls are accurate. Pray not.
But I find many Republicans are like scared little children.
No need to panic .....data is skewed ....
<><> Dem strongholds mailed out ballots on 9/24/2020.
<><> Many REP counties mailed out ballots on 10/01/2020 - a week later.
<><> Repub counties are just now receiving ballots.
<><> Data should normalize in 1-2 weeks.
I hate to say this, but every single “rock ribbed Republican” I’ve talked with about the debate - and that’s quite a few people - think Trump totally blew it on Tuesday and came across way too hard and aggressive. I “get” that Freepers love the combative, take no ‘stuff’ from the media POTUS, but as I’ve been saying since pretty much the start of the campaign - POTUS needs to win the votes of the people outside of his base and outside of FR ALSO to win. And for the most part, the main thing he achieved on Tuesday was to get the base riled up - but we’re ALREADY riled up and “get” what’s at stake in this election. Unfortunately, he only further alienated “suburban women”, seniors, and those lower information voters who DON’T “get” what is at stake in this election.
Trump rarely if ever seems to recognize when he’s wrong on something. And this time, his approach to the debate and the very obvious lack of prep led to him blowing perhaps the best opportunity he had to sway the undecideds and independents.
Sadly, I ALMOST believe these new polls, although I do realize the usual games (surveying “Republicans” in deep blue areas, undersampling independents, etc, for example) have been played as they always are. We’re realistically way behind with many who don’t follow politics as closely as all of us here do, and it’s time Trump starts to realize that he needs more than the base and FR to win..
Trump is not a Republican.
He best 16 actual Republicans and in so doing exposed the fraud and lack of principles at the heart of the GOP.
In a two party system (which can’t work if there is no middle) when voters want to punish the ins they have to vote for the outs - which is what will happen in a few weeks.
Trump was a one-off, and he could have won - and still might - but the timing of the superspreader event at the White House is very bad.
The Democrats in power with the GOP destroyed will not last long, of course - this is not Venezuela, after all - but we’re in for some nasty weather for a while.
“But I find many Republicans are like scared little children.”
All you can do is VOTE. Even if there are zombies and it’s raining FIRE outside. VOTE.
FWIW, it is well known that trump will poll “low”, which is why everyone was wrong in 2016. That political climate was fields of grass and puffy clouds compared to today. How many people will tell a pollster the truth today? Do you REALLY know who is on the other end of a phone or web page? I suspect that the “Trump Effect” is double or triple what it was in 2016.