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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: A "what if" scenario. What if: [View all]athena
(4,187 posts)43. Trump represents the views of the Republican Party's base.
That's why he's the nominee. It's not a fluke. Someone like Kasich wouldn't be able to get conservative voters to come out to vote.
See:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/06/23/why-trump-was-inevitable/
ne of the main reasons many political commentators were surprised by Donald Trumps success in the primaries was his willingness to take extreme positions and use unusually harsh rhetoric in talking about immigration and related issues. Indeed, Trumps comments about Mexican immigrants and Muslims have been at the center of his campaign. And his pronouncements on these topics have greatly concerned many Republican leaders and elected officials who feared they would harm the partys image and damage its electoral prospects. But how did his positions and comments play with Republican primary voters?
The clear answer is that they reflected the views of likely Republican voters extremely well. We asked a series of questions about Trumps controversial proposals (banning Muslims from entering the US, building a wall on the Mexican border, and identifying and deporting illegal immigrants). On all three issues overwhelming majorities of likely Republican voters supported his positions: almost three quarters (73 percent) favored banning Muslims from entering the US, 90 percent favored identifying and deporting illegal immigrants as quickly as possible, and 85 percent favored building a wall on the Mexican border.
The clear answer is that they reflected the views of likely Republican voters extremely well. We asked a series of questions about Trumps controversial proposals (banning Muslims from entering the US, building a wall on the Mexican border, and identifying and deporting illegal immigrants). On all three issues overwhelming majorities of likely Republican voters supported his positions: almost three quarters (73 percent) favored banning Muslims from entering the US, 90 percent favored identifying and deporting illegal immigrants as quickly as possible, and 85 percent favored building a wall on the Mexican border.
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Are you asking something like "how much would someone have to pay him to withdraw for...
PoliticAverse
Jun 2016
#1
"Given that Hillary herself has such phenomenally higher negatives than the Donald"
NCTraveler
Jun 2016
#11
What if Trump grows a conscious and realizes that he is hurting the American People
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#7
I don't agree. Trump is dangerous...more than a few GOP's will come home in the end...nt.
Demsrule86
Jun 2016
#24
Or, Jan Brewer, Nikki Haley, Lisa Murkowski, Kelly Ayotte, Susan Collins or Condoleeza Rice.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2016
#12
You mean like how Palin as VP was supposed to appeal to Hillary voters in 08?
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#15
I think some of them could appeal to "moderate" or "pro-life" Democrats or Independents.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2016
#16
Agreed. It would be nearly impossible to get a campaign going from the ground up in such
eastwestdem
Jun 2016
#20