Posted on 12/28/2020 6:27:39 PM PST by SeekAndFind
When the Republican Party reorganizes itself next year, GOP voters strongly believe President Trump should remain the role model, but most think the party should look for a new face to be its next presidential candidate.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 72% of Likely Republican Voters think their party should be more like Trump than like the average GOP member of Congress. Twenty-four percent (24%) see the average Republican in Congress as a better model. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Most Republicans have consistently identified more with Trump than the average GOP member of Congress in surveys for the last several years.
Just over half (52%) of Republicans think their party should look for a fresh face to run for president in 2024. Thirty-three percent (33%) disagree and say the GOP should promote a candidate who has already run in the past. Fifteen percent (15%) are not sure.
Sixty percent (60%) of GOP voters favored a new face in a survey six years ago, and outsider Trump ultimately defeated the party establishment favorites to win the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted December 21-22, 2020 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Looking back at the presidential election, Trump voters overwhelmingly say they voted for the president, while a sizable number of Biden supporters admit they were voting against Trump rather than for the former vice president.
Among all likely voters, 40% think the GOP should be more like Trump, while 45% say it should be more like the average Republican member of Congress. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) believe Republicans should look for a fresh face to run for president in 2024. Twenty-five percent (25%) say they should promote a candidate who has already run in the past. Fifteen percent (15%) are not sure.
Sixty-two percent (62%) of Democrats think the Republican Party should be more like the average GOP member of Congress, a view shared by a plurality (48%) of voters not affiliated with either major party. Sixty-three percent (63%) of both Democrats and unaffiliated voters say Republicans should look for a fresh face to run in 2024.
He was a fighter, and that’s why he WON the Presidency while milquetoasts like Romney and McCain didn’t.
Most Congressional Republicans don’t agree. House Republicans just voted to override Trumps veto of the bloated defense bill. And Mitch McConnell is teeing up the Senate to follow suit.
Most GOzp members of Congress want Trump gone yesterday, and the party will move forward as if he and his policies never existed.
And 28% would rather give the Ds everything they want whenever they want it.
If they can only get those pesky Trump voters to vote for them. They can always use the old tried and true scare tactics. Many will fall for it but more will not.
Screw you guys (in my best Eric Cartman voice)
The UniParty can go to HELL.
What the fuck is wrong with the other 28%?
He (President Trump) IS a fighter. He hasn’t given up a damned thing. Unlike the majority of the GOP eunuchs have.
I would vote for Kristi Noem. The MSM would paint her as not as elitist enough since she didn’t go to an Ivy League school. However, she displays common sense and trusts people to make decisions.
“If they can only get those pesky Trump voters to vote for them. They can always use the old tried and true scare tactics. Many will fall for it but more will not.”
I think most conservatives have had it. We had a fantastic candidate and all he had to do was fight his own party nonstop.
Just like fox’s ratings are tanking, people are going elsewhere. Same thing when there is an election. The GOP is dead. I know I won’t vote for them again unless Trump is inaugurated.
The TRUMP MODEL without TRUMP?
DELUSIONAL.
“What the fuck is wrong with the other 28%?”
Country-club milquetoasts.
RE: The MSM would paint her as not as elitist enough since she didn’t go to an Ivy League school.
What’s wrong with South Dakota State University?
BTW, what college did Abe Lincoln graduate from?
What about Ronald Reagan?
I love Noem.
Every thread I see people talking about voting for this or that, like it’s viable. They stole an election and you guys just whistle right along with the fraud, lining up to do it again. The GOP knows if you continue to vote, you will give them money and play their rigged game.
The Democrats toss some dog treats to the Republicans, but nothing will change through voting.
We need a NEW Republican Party. Let’s call it the MAGA Party!!!
What ought we do instead?
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