Posted on 03/15/2022 4:51:25 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
A couple of things have become pretty evident in recent months. One is that overzealous talk of the GOP’s dire political straits after the 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection has given way to a largely predictable surge for the party out of power. And the second is that this is happening largely despite Donald Trump.
The Wall Street Journal’s Michael C. Bender on Friday spotlighted a pretty fascinating finding from his employer’s latest poll, which drives this home.
Back in 2016, there was a lot of talk about the group of voters we like to call “double haters” — those who disliked both of their options in that election. And they were legion, given that each candidate was among the most unpopular presidential nominees in recent history. About 6 in 10 voters disliked Trump, and about 6 in 10 disliked Hillary Clinton as well. The 1 in 5 voters who liked neither wound up favoring Trump by plenty — and just enough to elect him......
So the poll actually includes more people who approve of Trump’s term (48 percent) than approve of Biden’s (42 percent), and significantly more people prefer Republicans to be in charge of Congress. And yet Trump can’t turn that into a lead.
It’s enough to suggest that maybe the best course for Republicans would be to turn the page on Trump — as if they actually have a choice.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
They are loyal. They are cheering for the local deepstate globalist crony capitalist socialist war-mongering [what's not to hate about Putin] home team and their RINO ball girls.
If Trump was gaining, would the Wapo tell us? Fake news is nothing if not predictable.
Out of touch. Completely. If there is anything history has taught us it’s that the power abusers always underestimate the common man.
Good luck w/t WaPoo.
More precisely, the indominable spirit of the common man.
Right now, the GOP without Trump is just the GOP side of the deep state.
Gaslighting. This is what the deep state wants you to believe.
Neocons are desperate
So tired of the G.D. propaganda.
LOL. It has gotten so predictable. See an anti-Trump headline on an article and you know it comes from a lefty news-source (or is that phrase redundant these days).
The ...
Washington
Communist
Post
I’m even going to brother to read their crap, WP has ZERO credibility.
Once again the media gets it wrong.
Keep on believing that.
Here's some nice Republicans to support instead: Mitt Romney, Lynn Cheney, and John Kasich.
No need to ask why the media is hated.
It’s the Post.
Not much intelligence there any more.
Actually, never was.
The WaPo concern for the GOP is duly noted.
Why is the Washington Post saying this? The Democrats are set to lose bad in the fall, and the Post wants its readers to think this doesn’t portend a Trump comeback in 2024.
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