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To: The Pack Knight

You appear to be making the other side’s argument actually. The only reason the Patriot Party might actually work to replace the GOP is precisely because the vast majority of Republican voters support President Trump, which is why a huge percentage of GOP voters are totally fed up with the GOP establishment backstabbing Trump and their own voters.

Although the Patriot Party might stand a better chance of winning over more working class, minorities, and anti-establishment types, for the most part the electorate will be the same. The main point of a new party would be a replacement of the party leadership and their priorities, allowing the base to have a party establishment that actually represents them. If the average Republican voter didn’t support Trump, then there would be no point in even discussing a new party, as a new party would have to prove that it is more successful than the obsolete GOP very quickly in elections to be worthwhile.


386 posted on 01/26/2021 9:58:44 AM PST by FenwickBabbitt
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To: FenwickBabbitt
You appear to be making the other side’s argument actually. The only reason the Patriot Party might actually work to replace the GOP is precisely because the vast majority of Republican voters support President Trump, which is why a huge percentage of GOP voters are totally fed up with the GOP establishment backstabbing Trump and their own voters.

I don't know that you can infer all of that from the number of Republicans who voted for Trump in the general election. The vast majority of Republicans voted for Trump, just as the vast majority voted for the Republican candidate in every Presidential race this century. But that doesn't mean the vast majority will follow Trump to a third party any more than they would have followed Romney or Bush. Even Rasmussen's poll doesn't show that.

402 posted on 01/26/2021 12:42:08 PM PST by The Pack Knight
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