Posted on 03/04/2024 4:12:40 AM PST by cotton1706
One year ago, I set out to learn how local Republican powerbrokers would shape the 2024 presidential race. What I found surprised me, though perhaps it shouldn’t have.
As I surveyed GOP county chairs across the country, I thought they would provide an early signal as to where the Republican nomination would end up. County chairs are influential in local GOP circles, party leaders who can offer the kind of endorsements that candidates are eager to collect. They’re also still close to the rank-and-file grassroots, and their shifts, I imagined, would signal where the rest of the party was going.
But instead, I found that the county chairs didn’t lead their voters. For the most part, they followed them — to Donald Trump.
Last February, the county chairs were less supportive of Trump than Republican primary voters as a whole. Yet as time went on, and Trump consolidated support among rank-and-file voters, the chairs fell in line. It’s a reflection of the state of the GOP that has existed since 2016 when Trump first snatched the nomination away from the establishment and took over the Republican Party.
In the pre-Trump era, GOP leaders clearly played more of a role in steering the direction of the party. The 2012 campaign is instructive: Many different candidates were briefly the favorites of rank-and-file Republican voters, from Rick Perry to Herman Cain to Newt Gingrich to Rick Santorum. But throughout the cycle, party elites’ money and endorsements stayed focused on Mitt Romney, and that’s who got the nomination. This year’s ongoing survey of county chairs illustrates how Republican elites are now more responsive to the grassroots rather than the other way around — either because they lack the interest or the ability to do anything else.
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Their power and influence has been broken. And if they don't fall in line they'll be removed from their positions and others put in their place.
Left Paul Ryan off this litany of losers with a losing strategy to lose a nation to open borders, leftism, the MIC and forever wars and governance by WEF, EU, UN, UNWRA, Soros and Greta. Oh and surrender your stoves, your cars and eat Z bugs.
They went full let's fool all of the retards [voters] all of the time strategy.
Has the party chair in Texas changed her tune yet?
Her Friday zoomcasts seemed have a bunch of Rinos as featured guests. (asking for a friend)
The Texas state party chair is Matt Rinaldi. His pronouns are not “her”. Who are you thinking of? One of the county chairs?
>> But instead, I found that the county chairs didn’t lead their voters. For the most part, they followed them — to Donald Trump.
That’s how it’s supposed to work. “We The People” and all that.
Except for the elite Nimrata Haley wing, of course.
If there’s anything democrats hate, it’s when people exercise democratic processes.
Seth Masket should look into how the sexual weirdo bullies of the democrat party operate and how they set the direction of the democrat party...
Ever wonder why liberal members of the press never analyze the democrat party - the one their members of? The one they should understand the most?
Seth Masket should look into how the sexual weirdo bullies of the democrat party operate and how they set the direction of the democrat party...
How come all liberal members of the press never analyze the party their own party? How did dem party leaders bend the knee to an idiot scum bag, compulsive liar and possible bribe taker like Joe Biden? How did that happen Seth Masket?
Yes...as you say:
He got them to “bend the knee” by reminding them they are not there to serve the Deep State, the Republican Party, or the President.
They are there to serve the people who elected them.
“But instead, I found that the county chairs didn’t lead their voters. For the most part, they followed them — to Donald Trump.”
Do you see the narrative this fool at Politico is trying to convey? GOP voters and party officials are cult members being led by Donald Trump. There are some NeverTrumpers around here who believe that too.
The voters led the decision making process. Yes, I guess that is a rather strange concept for Democrat supporters who are programmed to be guided like sheep to a slaughter, because they lack the skills to think for themselves.
When the Democrats actually get a grass roots movement these days their response is “they are not a loyal Democrat”.
Lol.
Republicans who think that way are either gone or on the way out the door....
“Do you see the narrative this fool at Politico is trying to convey? GOP voters and party officials are cult members being led by Donald Trump. There are some NeverTrumpers around here who believe that too.”
Yes. That’s why these articles are so enjoyable, and written by a college professor to boot. If they call it a cult, they don’t have to write the REAL story...that the “elites” he speaks of have INTENTIONALLY been paying no attention to their own electorate, because they didn’t have to, because they controlled all the mechanisms. That’s how Romney got nominated despite the Republican electorate being for literally anybody but him.
But those days are over. They shot their shot with Bush (lost), Dole (lost), Bush (won barely), McCain (lost) and Romney (lost).
“But instead, I found that the county chairs didn’t lead their voters. For the most part, they followed them.”
Idiot.
L
Now the Democrat Party is concerned it will carry over into their party, and there are signs that it has begun. But the press is still so devoted to the Democrat Party that it is all quite strange, not to mention quite frightening, as far as they are concerned. 🙂
As a Precinct Chair and an Administrative Precinct Officer supporting 35 Precinct Chairs let me tell you that the support for Trump is Bottom Up. Not Top Down.
Precinct Chairs overwhelmingly support Trump. They are dragging any reluctant County and District Chairs along for the ride.
we are supposed to be a REPRESENATIVE REPUBLIC
where the chairs obey the people they represent
this urinalist is using weasel wordsmithing voo doo to try and gaslight and mis educate
this urinalist never learned civics in urinalist college.
the ONE PLACE we actually use the democratic process ,,,, choosing our represenatives, and the demoncrats pitch a bitch....
they would kill democracy in the one place our form of goverment utalizes it.
these people on the
(far far extreem ;-)
left are frauds.
What a weird mentality -- that expects voters to be herded like pigs and cows.
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