I don’t imagine this will help the Republican Party win back any female voters, but maybe I’m missing something.
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Trump endlessly plays to Evangelical base voters? “Surprise, surprise, surprise!” He’s built a fanatical loyal following that prevents his approval rating from falling below about 39% no matter what he does, but it also prevents it from rising much above 42%, which won’t be nearly enough to get re-elected.
He is such a total moron, which is a great thing, because otherwise he’d be cruising to re-election like Ronald Reagan after tilting to the middle and passing a big infrastructure bill with Democratic support.
He’ll never understand he doesn’t need 100% approval among his rabid fan boys. They would vote for him anyway, because the Democrats will run someone like Bernie Sanders or Kamala Harris. That alone would get him to about 45%, but he’ll need a lot more than that, and he’s making endlessly sure that everybody who doesn’t love him utterly hates him.
That might prevent him from being convicted by the Senate, but it won’t help him get re-elected. And ultimately, if he loses re-election, he will be indicted. It’s victory or prison for the Trumpster and he knows it, he’s just too utterly stupid to plan for it.
Whether smart or short sighted, the Trump team has clearly focused on keeping its base fat, dumb and happy. The first two aren’t a challenge.
You’re kidding, right?
Any women who are still with 45 won’t be swayed at all by this. In fact, they’re probably applauding it.
Booman specifically referred to the chances of this WINNING BACK any female votes (who have left) not DRIVING AWAY female voters as your comment implies he is asserting.
Nothing that Republicans have done over the past twenty-six months has helped Republicans win over anyone who’s not already in the tribe. And Republicans know this! Lindsey Graham, in 2012, stated, “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term”.
In the short term, voter suppression, racial demagoguery, lying about policy, and social media manipulation can keep Republicans in power. But Trump’s base alone isn’t enough for the long term- look at the 2018 House results. Most mild critics of Trump have either declined to run for reelection or been absorbed by the Borg. #NeverTrump is dead.
Honestly, if you’re Acting President Pence, what’s the downside of doing this? If female evangelicals are fine with pussy grabbing and child separation and human trafficking at Trump Model Management and all the other crazy/insane/corrupt actions of the administration, why not try to defund Planned Parenthood? It’s only a crazy strategy if you assume Republicans want to represent all Americans, rather than just their voters.
You say that, Lindsay says that, but look at Maduro. 80% of his countrymen want to knife him but hes going precisely nowhere.
A solid plurailty of the military and a majority of military vets are Trumpists.
Not sure I would want to bet on Maduro’s staying power at this juncture – certainly not long term, nor even if we think more immediately. Maduro’s goodwill with the Venezuelan military leaders extends only as far as his ability to keep them wealthy. With even his benefactors in Russia and China apparently beginning to hedge their bets, a case can be made that Maduro is not long for this world. We’ll find out soon enough, I suppose. I seriously doubt he’ll be missed.
Suburban women want the wall, buoying Trump after fleeing in 2018
Will we understand them?