Not to mention another new poll where almost half of REPUBLICAN voters say they will not vote for Trump if he’s convicted of a felony:https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4137314-roughly-half-of-republicans-in-new-poll-would-not-vote-for-trump-if-hes-convicted-of-felony/
FReepers think their views on Trump are dominant in the Republican party, but they are not. However, they do pile on when you try to discuss reality with them.
If Republican voters feel this way, how do you think the Independents, who determines election outcomes, feel?
How about you look at just how broken that “poll” you linked is?
“These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between August 2-3, 2023 on behalf of Thomson Reuters. For this survey, a sample of 1,005 adults age 18+ from the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii was interviewed online in English. The sample also includes 444 Democrats, 355 Republicans, and 116 independents.”
“The poll also has a credibility interval of plus or minus 5.7 percentage points for Democrats, plus or minus 6.4 percentage points for Republicans, and plus or minus 11.1 percentage points for independents.”
Online poll with wildly large variations for a statistical poll.
That people present this as anything but propaganda is insulting to anyone who thinks critically.
Most Americans are not deeply into politics. I would guess most Republicans aren’t watching Bannon, Real America’s Voice, or any of the other Trump acolytes who are swirling around hoping to get back into government in another Trump administration. Lots of Republicans aren’t sycophants worshipping at the Trump shrine. And they aren’t RINOs, either.
Maybe they’ll look at a guy who’s almost 80 years old, who apparently spends most of his waking hours rehashing the past, nursing grudges, plotting his revenge, and dreaming up new smears and insults for his opponents. Maybe Republicans are getting tired of it.
As one commentator put it, Trump seems to go around stepping on every land mine that his enemies have laid for him. Jan. 6 was only one example—he Tweeted that the protest he was calling his followers to in Washington would be “wild.” So, the Democrats laid the trap and Trump fell right into it. The whole thing was a set-up and now dozens sit in jail rotting for years and the Democrats are laughing their heads off at how dumb and gullible Trump and his toadies were.
Trump is unelectable. The Democrats will push Biden aside and will install Newsom as the nominee. Low information voters will be impressed—a fresh, new face! And how will Republicans respond? With the same old Trump with all his baggage? Republicans who think this is a viable scenario are delusional.