I honestly don’t think he has that many supporters any more. There are simply hundreds of millions of people that will vote for whoever wins the GOP nomination. That might sound like the same thing, but the Republican nomination process in most states excludes anyone who is not a registered Republican, so the nominees keep getting more extremist and turnout keeps dropping in primaries.
My parents are die-hard conservatives, and they want Trump to quietly go away. However, if he’s the one in the ballot in November with an R behind his name, they’ll still vote for him
I want to believe you but living in a deep red state, all I have is anecdotal evidence that there’s still enough that seemingly unconditionally support him
still enough that seemingly unconditionally support him
You’re absolutely right that the number of people in this camp is too damn high. Frankly, it’s still high enough that he’s winning the nomination despite waning support from more moderate conservatives, and that’s enough that he will still be a threat in November. So, I guess in that respect it doesn’t really matter if he has hundreds of millions of rabid supporters or 1 million rabid supporters and hundreds of millions of lukewarm conservative voters, it seems like he’s still going to be on the ballot.
And frankly, my parents might still be rabid supporters and they just know better than to let that show around me and mine because they know his actions are indefensible and they are worried about losing access to their grandkids (with good reason).
I honestly don’t think he has that many supporters any more. There are simply hundreds of millions of people that will vote for whoever wins the GOP nomination. That might sound like the same thing, but the Republican nomination process in most states excludes anyone who is not a registered Republican, so the nominees keep getting more extremist and turnout keeps dropping in primaries.
My parents are die-hard conservatives, and they want Trump to quietly go away. However, if he’s the one in the ballot in November with an R behind his name, they’ll still vote for him
I want to believe you but living in a deep red state, all I have is anecdotal evidence that there’s still enough that seemingly unconditionally support him
You’re absolutely right that the number of people in this camp is too damn high. Frankly, it’s still high enough that he’s winning the nomination despite waning support from more moderate conservatives, and that’s enough that he will still be a threat in November. So, I guess in that respect it doesn’t really matter if he has hundreds of millions of rabid supporters or 1 million rabid supporters and hundreds of millions of lukewarm conservative voters, it seems like he’s still going to be on the ballot.
And frankly, my parents might still be rabid supporters and they just know better than to let that show around me and mine because they know his actions are indefensible and they are worried about losing access to their grandkids (with good reason).