A batch of private GOP polling data obtained by Axios revealed that President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy is wildly unpopular with independent and undecided voters, raising “alarm” among the president’s team and the president himself."I wouldn't say he's concerned about the policy. He wan...
That’s not 60% of all voters. That’s 60% of people who aren’t Democrats. Which is already a minority of voters. Trump needs 90% of his base because he gets 0% of everyone else.
Think about it. He got half the vote. Now he is getting a disapproval rating from more than half of that half. If that holds true they are going to lose every single race in the mid terms and for the foreseeable future.
don’t be too sure. they’ve spent every waking moment since 2020 taking over election boards, gerrymandering, and otherwise double-re-fucking the election process to try and prevent them ever losing again. in my own state, the state board of elections was promptly overrun by deep R trump loyalists, and have proceeded to cut polling locations in every county in the state, which does literally nothing but hurt the D voter–not only because of access, but that also makes it easier for them to send “monitors” to “watch” the polling, who i’m sure won’t really be there to intimidate people
i wish i was more optimistic, but i’m not the same person i was on 11/4/2024
But they’re assuming they’re base won’t leave when doing those gerrymandering things. This is why he is talking about cancelling midterms. Gerrymandering with no base is worse than no gerrymandering. He’ll lose a bigger area.
it’s not just the votes
long story short: the end goal was always to make it so that state election boards (all R, of course) can just call the winner, regardless of the actual voting results
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/14-gop-controlled-states-have-passed-laws-to-impede-free-elections/
But those state election boards have to survive too. They have to live amongst the people that hate what’s going on? I’m not sure. I’m also not saying you’re wrong. I just don’t know.
The Regime might have a generous vacation policy for their election boards. A free trip to Mar-a-Lago or Alligator Alcatraz, depending on your affiliation.
i don’t think so. you don’t attain to a position that high in the state government without having resources/connections (read fucktons of money), which means you don’t have to live around or even look at the poors
Well, most of them are really really stupid, so there’s that.
progressive people want someone who’s smarter than themselves to lead. conservatives want someone who’s exactly as dumb as they are. which is, as you say: really really fucking pants-on-head stupid
this is also why words like “progress,” “education,” “expert,” even “science” have become pejoratives to them
That’s not quite it either. It’s 60% of independent voters, so it also doesn’t include MAGA. It’s the swing voters, which happen to be the only voters who really matter.
But, fortunately for the GOP, they’re also easily swayed by the “both sides” narratives and can be disillusioned into staying home instead of voting. It’s why voter turnout is one of the biggest predictors in whether the Dems or the GOP will win an election. Independent voters have trended more leftward in recent elections because the GOP is fucking insane.
There is no such thing as an independent in the United States. It has been code for “conservative” for decades and its a core part of Trumps base.
I’ll disagree here. I’m one of those mythical independent voters. I have no party affiliation, and subscribe to Jefferson’s philosophy:
However, most conservatives see me as a lefty, because most of my views, especially on social issues, are consistent with left-wing policies.
Several states don’t have party registration, my swing state included. That changed after I first registered to vote so I’m not sure what my registration looks like now; I can’t change it even if I wanted to. This has the effect of making everyone in the state, at least those who registered since the change, an independent voter, even if they are party loyalists. They simply don’t have a choice to be anything but independent.
So while it may be true that there are no undecided voters, that’s not really what they are looking at.