Gerrymandering has no effect on presidental elections.
What really matters is what happens in specific voting districts. Gerrymandering is very real in this country, and we’ve seen presidents win without the popular vote. I’m still concerned. I live in the Philly suburbs, and while my district is blue in a lot of parts, that might not matter depending on how the map is drawn. That 30-40% could do a lot in PA, and all of the other swing states.
Gerrymandering has no effect on presidential elections
What really matters is what happens in specific voting districts. Gerrymandering is very real in this country, and we’ve seen presidents win without the popular vote. I’m still concerned. I live in the Philly suburbs, and while my district is blue in a lot of parts, that might not matter depending on how the map is drawn. That 30-40% could do a lot in PA, and all of the other swing states.
It does in a secondary effects sense. GOP control at the state level is how they push through voting restrictions, which definitely impacts national elections.
Yeah but that’s not how they meant it
It does in a secondary effects sense. GOP control at the state level is how they push through voting restrictions, which definitely impacts national elections.
No way hard core Trump supporters are 30% of the population. Only (off the top of my head) 60-65%of the country votes (which were record highs recently) so even if you say half of those voters voted for Trump you are at 30%. But that should be stated that 30% of the country voted for a Republican for President.
We all know that not every person who voted for Trump is a hard core Trump supporter, especially when looking at exit polling for Independents.
I say 15-20%. him running is the reason the gop will lose. If he just crawled away a loser and they let another good candidate take the lead it would be a close race. I think the dems want him running so they can easily get the anti trump votes.
You know they will. Literally leopards eating their own faces. Love it. Chefs kiss.
republicans are 30% of the population. his base loyal base is way less.
Yeah, they probably meant 30% of the voting population. Big difference.
This is key. And they’re less than 30%
republicans are 30% of the population. his base loyal base is way less.
I think the knee-jerk reaction is this will help him in the primary - at the very least providing a huge fundraising boost, but it’s hard to imagine this isn’t a massive blow to his chances with non-MAGA independents he needs to win the general.
At this point he’ll have to bet on people being so meh on Biden that they’ll sit out. But they won’t because we all remember 2016 and showed up for 2020.
paying attention to his criminal behavior
It’s only criminal behavior if he’s convicted of anything, simply indicting/charging is not a guilty verdict, it’s an accusation at this point. NY will drag this out as long as they can, but it will eventually get brought to the Supreme Court where he will 100% be acquitted and charges dismissed. At that point he wins bigly with many Independents and “non-cult members”, some who will actually view the whole thing as a political witch hunt, government overreach, and persecution of a political opponent. Plus Trump will get more free media coverage throughout and after the entire thing where he can stump for his campaign, fundraise, and smear his opponents on national television.
I dislike both parties so much. They are terrible. The republicans sent me to war and the dems kept us there. They both lie and cheat and steel. I trust no one now. Maybe that was the goal all along. I can’t watch the news without being sold a bill of goods covered in lies. I can only read my news for hard sifted facts. It’s a true shame that our current culture war has eroded all faith in our media and in turn our politics. Maybe we will learn to separate fact from feelings and logic from desire. God help us please.
I think people overthink the loyal base. This is the same loyal base that voted Romney and McCain before.
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