I predict that you will be voting for Trump in Nov. ‘24.
Get used to the idea.
Where else are you going to go?
Posted on 01/26/2023 6:23:34 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
2024 will mark a sorry anniversary for the Republican Party: 20 years since President George W. Bush’s 2004 reelection campaign won both the popular and Electoral College votes. That feat has since eluded three GOP presidential nominees and one incumbent.
The critical question is, “Are Republicans capable of nominating a winning ticket to halt this embarrassing losing trend?” I doubt it since rapidly changing demographics are reducing the Republicans’ popular vote count in battleground states.
In 2016, Donald Trump was elected president by winning only the Electoral College — a political fluke that he did not repeat in 2020. Moreover, the demeaning label “illegitimate president” can haunt a commander in chief who wins without the popular vote. Just ask George W. Bush, circa 2000.
To understand how this forthcoming non-celebratory 20th anniversary of continuous political loss manifested itself, let’s begin with notable 2004 state voting data and compare it to 2020 state results.
But first, the basic facts: Incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in a demure, respectable campaign by today’s standards. Bush won the popular vote 50.7 to 48.3 percent and the Electoral College vote 286 to 251.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
2024 will mark the 248th year that the popular vote hasn’t mattered in the Republic
It will never happen as long as the libs/commies/progressives/socialists control the MSM. The American electorate is brainwashed.
America is no longer white or Christian so the answer is “no”.
Let me read the tea leaves for you . NO! They will as always snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory . It’s already started with Little Lyndsey bending over conveniently and retiring Rob Portman cheering him on .
Yeah it did real well losing to a sock puppet in 2020 and lost the popular vote in 2016 (this article is about popular vote, which on its face is ridiculous, but it is the topic). MAGA has good ideas, we should always consider what is best for our country, but Sore Loser Unelectable Trump is more about his ego and revenge. Much like Goldwater, the message isn’t entirely bad, but the messenger is (maybe only in perception, but perception is reality is politics).
To be honest, the democrats didn’t win a majority, either.
It’s not about rebranding. It’s about stoping the cheating.
I predict that you will be voting for Trump in Nov. ‘24.
Get used to the idea.
Where else are you going to go?
SC? Say hello to Linda for me.
2004 Bush won 286-251
2000 Bush won 271-266
Got in with only 1 elev vote more than what was needed.
2000:”Bush flipped 11 states that had voted Democratic in 1996: Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia. As of 2020, this remains the last time that a Republican has carried New Hampshire in a presidential election”
So 2000 was a close call. Any one of those states goes Dem and it’d be a Gore win
Myra, your establishment slip is showing.
Maybe they should try to be more like Democrats and get along with them better? Just like they have been doing for decades, btw.
Trump was a terrible candidate in 2020. He deserved reelection on his record but helped make himself such a pariah it meant he lost state he won in 2016. He’s done nothing to resuscitate his image and will do even worse in 2024 if the GOP nominates him.
No.
In 2020 Trump earned more popular votes than any Republican presidential candidate in United States history with 74.2 million popular votes. He also received more popular votes in 2016 than any other Republican. He out performed the 62.9 million votes he received in 2016 by 11 million.. Romney received 60.9 million in 2012. McCain received 59.9 million in 2008. George W. Bush received 62.0 million popular votes in 2004, and 50.4 million in 2000.
Biden ostensibly achieve 81.3 million votes in 2020. If Paul Ryan truly believes the 2020 election counts for both candidate were 100% accurate and not impacted by cheating, if Trump had not run for reelection in 2020, what Republican does Ryan believe could have earned enough votes to beat Biden? What Republican does Ryan believe can even beat Trumps 2020 74 million total in 2024 if Trump is not the nominee.
Does Ryan not realize that if Trump is cheated by the party establishment of the 2024 nomination, the conservative base will stay home and the establishment nominee (Pence, Haley, Pompeo, Hogan, etc) will receive far fewer popular votes than Trump did in 2000 or 2024? Ryan is either delusional or is already rooting for a Democrat winning in 2024 no matter who the Republicans nominate.
--Soul of the South
In a way BUSH 41 is like BIDEN. Bush 41 did everthing he could to reverse the Reagan Revolution. Bush 41 was a rotten globalist. Biden reversed all of MAGA on day one....
The question: can the Pubs win the popular vote in
the general election plus the electoral college vote?
Be nice to have a majority in both categories.
So terrible that he got "only" 74.5 million votes.
Just a few cycles ago, if someone told you in the near future a GOP candidate running for President is going to receive 74.5 million votes and still lose I’ll bet your reaction would have been “only in a rigged election” would that be possible. Common sense.
But yes(The Pile), fraud is "popular" with democrats, it'll do until the illegals and the (media/academia)brain-fornicated have the numbers to make fraud(dem democracy), unnecessary.
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