Thanks for being the Bulwark Boots-On-The Ground in the political spectrum!
Q. If you can discern, how MAGAty is the crowd that attends the GOP political debasement shows at the Iowa State Fair?
I live in Hoosierland (a transplant, so not sure if I'm an official "wash ashore"* on the banks of the Wabash River) and have met many old timey normie financially successful, Mainline Protestant, family comes to Grandma's house on Sunday at the lake for dinner Republicans/Right-leaning Independents.
Ours is a suburban-like urban center...not many high-rises, but many small businesses, professional consultancies, mid-upper retail shops and restaurants --- you get the picture.
These Republicans more than probably voted for Trump in '16, casually thinking he was the "as seen on TV" successful businessman, maybe didn't vote for him in '20, but certainly not for Biden.
That said, they would have totally restacked that CBS/YouGov chart about "Who would you believe more to tell the truth."
Here's my supposition:
#1 - Family and Friends
#2 - Religious Leader (Pastor/Priest)
#3 - Conservative Leaders (outside our region)
#4 - Trump
The scary part is that, although not turned-off by the Trump indictments, they see the '24 election as digital. "I can't vote for Biden, and maybe I'll hold my nose for Trump."
They don't seem to realize they don't have to choose either.
BTW - In '16, I got to vote for John F. Kennedy, since the first time around I was only 9 years old.
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* "Wash Ashores" - this is a term used on Cape Cod, MA to determine a true "grew-up on the Cape" person compared to those who have moved there after becoming a teenager (the wash ashores).
Joe,
Thanks for being the Bulwark Boots-On-The Ground in the political spectrum!
Q. If you can discern, how MAGAty is the crowd that attends the GOP political debasement shows at the Iowa State Fair?
I live in Hoosierland (a transplant, so not sure if I'm an official "wash ashore"* on the banks of the Wabash River) and have met many old timey normie financially successful, Mainline Protestant, family comes to Grandma's house on Sunday at the lake for dinner Republicans/Right-leaning Independents.
Ours is a suburban-like urban center...not many high-rises, but many small businesses, professional consultancies, mid-upper retail shops and restaurants --- you get the picture.
These Republicans more than probably voted for Trump in '16, casually thinking he was the "as seen on TV" successful businessman, maybe didn't vote for him in '20, but certainly not for Biden.
That said, they would have totally restacked that CBS/YouGov chart about "Who would you believe more to tell the truth."
Here's my supposition:
#1 - Family and Friends
#2 - Religious Leader (Pastor/Priest)
#3 - Conservative Leaders (outside our region)
#4 - Trump
The scary part is that, although not turned-off by the Trump indictments, they see the '24 election as digital. "I can't vote for Biden, and maybe I'll hold my nose for Trump."
They don't seem to realize they don't have to choose either.
BTW - In '16, I got to vote for John F. Kennedy, since the first time around I was only 9 years old.
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* "Wash Ashores" - this is a term used on Cape Cod, MA to determine a true "grew-up on the Cape" person compared to those who have moved there after becoming a teenager (the wash ashores).