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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumps so called base has many Democrats and Independents who gave him one chance.
I doubt they will give him a second chance after seeing what kind of man he really is. I think trumps base is very shaky . IMO anyway.
LakeVermilion
(1,041 posts)1. die hard pro wrestling fans.
2. his tv followers
3. faith zealots
maybe they're all the same group
klook
(12,155 posts)Hes got the Christian white supremacist vote locked up.
walkingman
(7,616 posts)madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Isn't it weird how the media are constantly worrying about how Democrats are going to appeal to die-hard Trump voters, but there's never a word about how Trump might appeal to Democrats or expand his narrow, bigoted base of voters? Not that I want any more people voting for Trump, but Republican strategists don't have to spend half their interview time explaining their lack of outreach to all citizens.
Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)And that we should be fearful of them. The media has no problem helping him promote this.
In reality his base has been shrinking and he's in a vulnerable spot politically.
Don't buy into his illusion.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...advertising revenue opportunities.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)pwb
(11,265 posts).
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)just like there were some folks who thought he was better and tentatively voted for him, there were other folks who thought he wasn't "bad" enough and sat out...but now that they see he's a full-on white supremacist dedicated to the cause, they are full throated in favor.
He lost some, he gained some.
We just have to hope the first group is larger than the second group plus we add in some of those "I don't like anyone I'm staying home voters."
pwb
(11,265 posts)My post is how i see it 100%. Doesn't make anything wrong.
no one ever went broke overestimating the racism buried within Americans.
This will be a close nailbiter no matter who we nominate.
Prepare yourself now. There are folks who will vote for him but will say they didn't.
Being an open racist isn't popular anymore, but those folks didn't STOP being racists, they just put a figurative hood on.
pwb
(11,265 posts).
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)the Q&A of a paid for Polling operation.
You saw what CNN and Randi Kaye did,need we say more.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)Steve Bannon, Sean Hannity, Brad Parscale and a bunch of others are all pulling these poll number right out of their rear ends.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)I'm talking about NBC, Ipsos/Reuters, Morning Consult, etc.
MFM008
(19,808 posts)Struggle to make it a horse race.
Normalize a racist accused rapist
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)Mme. Defarge
(8,030 posts)FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)The Democratic challenger needs to be a person who appeals to the independents and so-so voters who aren't paying much attention to all this stuff.
RockRaven
(14,967 posts)Nothing significant has come out about who Trump really is which was not already known before that "one chance" they supposedly gave him. And I say that not to diminish what has entered the public conversation about Trump since the election, but to point out how MUCH was out there to see before the election.
He was a known liar, con man, grifter, racist, homophobe, sexual assailant, pervert, molester, hypocrite, thief, crook, rapist, pedophile, embezzler, fraudster, money launderer, philanderer, traitor, useful idiot, narcissist, ignoramus, moral monster, bullshitter, etc, etc and they still voted for him.
If that list didn't prevent them from voting for him once, why would it succeed in preventing the second time?
pwb
(11,265 posts)You must have missed that part.
William769
(55,147 posts)uponit7771
(90,339 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)is a good description of them.
pwb
(11,265 posts).
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)why would you think 2020 would be any different?
Sid
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)just didn't like the Clintons.
Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)We need to ride the same wave from 2018, which means work just as hard if not harder.
Women and POC. We need to continue to work to earn their support.
luvallpeeps
(935 posts)Come on now. He revealed his nature during his campaign. Even a cursory look into this man's past should have made anyone alarmed. There is NO EXCUSE for voting this vermin into the Presidency. I don't care how often we've been let down in the past, or how disillusioned we think we are. Who in the hell coulda thought a monster like this would do any good whatsoever? Ultra low info voters.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)That have gotten fed up will all the lies, the corruption, and the Russia and child abuse going on. As he did things they realized he was a crook and a liar, and a fraud, and are done with him and the GOP/KGB/KKK party. Several are really pissed after he played them. I tried to tell them.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)deserves everything coming his or her way...
And don't give me that "But I thought he'd bring the old factory back to town after they left for China a decade ago!" bullshit...