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steve robertshaw's avatar

I keep reading the GOP isn't popular, but I'll just have to take people's word on that. I have the misfortune of living in Florida, and it seems every bit as popular as it was in the 2 southern states I've lived in, much to my surprise.

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suzc's avatar

I think its more accurate to say they are uN popular on issues if you quiz voters on issues. People love the ACA but hate Obamacare, for example. Yes, I know its the same thing. That's my point. GOP voters aren't very astute.

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R Mercer's avatar

It's popular in certain areas and with certain demographics and certain psychological types--but this is trending down as people die and the cultural landscape continues to shift.

Which is enough, in our system, to actually put them on a even plane with the Democrats.

I would say that the GoP is more popular than Trump.. as there are Republicans who will not vote for Trump but will still vote straight R below that. So Trump IS actually hurting their brand.

But he is a cult leader so they are stuck with him.

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Helen's avatar

I think you are correct. Look at the blowout election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Part of the reason the liberal candidate won is the youth vote showed up big-time (for a change). I think the repeal of Roe made have shocked them into voting in larger numbers.

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Badger1848's avatar

The numbers in Dane County (where Madison and 50K college students are located) are fairly shocking. On Tuesday there were about the same number of voters in both Dane and Milwaukee counties, despite the former being slightly more than half the size of the latter.

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Don Gates's avatar

That's fair. It is popular among a lot of our fellow Americans, but the direction of the party right now is to solidify and increase its popularity with people who already love what they're doing, by doing things the majority of America finds unpalatable at best and disqualifying at worst. They are doing nothing to increase their coalition; they haven't really tried for some time, and they're getting worse in this regard.

They're running on platforms that are completely unintelligible to anyone not immersed in rightwing media. If you watch a Trump or DeSantis speech, unless you're saturated with Fox or worse, you likely have no idea what they're talking about.

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