BTRTN: Suburban Snapshot...One Republican's Reason for Backing Trump Spells Trouble -- for Trump
Born To Run The Numbers reports on a sustained, civil, and wide-ranging conversation with an upscale Trump supporter... and sees real dangers -- for Donald Trump:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2019/08/btrtn-suburban-snapshotone-republicans.html
Excerpts: "As recently as 2012, a spirited discussion of politics was a fair way to pass time ...I miss such conversations, because I ache to understand why so many people who voted for Trump plan on doing so again in 2020. Finally, I had a real conversation..."
"It was with the exact cohort of Republican that I find to be troubling… the citizens in affluent suburban towns. These are not the people who seethe with angry victimhood about losing the family breadwinner’s manufacturing job, not people who dismiss climate science, not people who would stand silent if a local town official spoke crudely about or molested their daughters..."
"...her infirm grip on the social policy issues of the Trump presidency -- and her efforts to minimize or excuse his handling of each – could have all been simply because these issues were not what truly mattered to her. She was essentially admitting to being a single issue candidate on the issue of the economy. Her statement that 'if one of those progressives gets nominated, I will probably vote for Trump,' was specifically targeted at the economic proposals of those candidates: healthcare, tax policy, and -- in her view -- the intent of turning the United States into a more “socialist” state. If even a small chunk of Donald Trump’s base thinks the way this person does, it is bad news for Donald Trump. Because the lady we spoke with was essentially saying to Donald Trump that as long as the economy is good for her, she’s good with Donald Trump."
"Those economic Republicans – who believe in math, science, and inverted yield curves – may be feeling sucker-punched that Donald Trump’s erratic economic policies are contributing to global economic destabilization and triggering a downturn."