Posted on 11/01/2017 11:35:36 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
You might be forgiven for thinking ― given all that has happened since Donald J. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton for the U.S. presidency in November 2016 ― that buyers’ remorse would be rampant in contemporary America. But it is not. It is true that Donald J. Trump started his presidency capturing only a minority of the popular vote; and that he is significantly less popular in polls taken today than he was on election day. But very substantial pockets of support remain. They remain among members of his electoral base. They remain among life-long Republicans, not all of whom greeted his emergence as their presidential candidate in 2016 with any great enthusiasm; and they remain – as far as one can tell – in the deepest recesses of the Alt-Right. In those circles at least, there is much talk of seven years of Donald J. Trump in the White House; and for those of us who do not care for that prospect, the immediate political imperative is clear. We need to understand who voted for the Trump-Pence ticket in 2016, why they did so, and whether any or all of them can be dissuaded from doing so again in 2020.
One way of doing that is to build a detailed map of promises made, constituencies mobilized, and commitments delivered; so that – properly armed with the record of aspiration and achievement – the debate in 2018 and 2020 can be built on solid evidence rather than on fake facts.....
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The Lib Rats don’t even know they are stupid. They imagine themselves as being God-like. They think they can speak things into existence by mouthing their fake news. Only God can speak things into existence.
I will claim that part of the reason the Dems lost PA (and OH) is that in many of the areas where there was economic expansion during the Obama Admin, Obama got no credit. Everyone in SE PA and SW OH knew the improving economy in their area was due to fracking. Obama and other Dems repeatedly made it clear they were opposed to any oil or gas exploration and production.
I stopped reading right there.
Actually, Jill Stein got the "minority" of the popular vote.
Even Hillary Clinton didn't capture a "majority" of the popular vote.
-PJ
“They remain among life-long Republicans”
The author does not have a clue.
Trump’s support is primarily from die-hard conservatives or dedicated patriots with little to no political affiliation.
Democrats still scratching their heads
Actually, I think they are scratching lower.
Who’s supposed to have buyer’s remorse? If anything, I see former Hillary people leaving the dark side and seeing the light, i.e., seeing Trump in a favorable light.
For one, there’s Bryan Cranston’s recent statement to his fellow Hollywood cronies. And I know a few myself. Not many, but a couple.
This is about as correct and truthful as the poll just before the election as quoted by CNN that HRC had a 98% chance of winning. There was simply no way no how no matter how you looked at it that she could lose. You could start the party on the morning of Nov. 8th 2016 because she had it in the bag.
Then reality struck and these losers never did get past that day. They just re-live it over and over.
To the left it’s Groundhog day again for the 357th time.
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