One thing that struck me after the election was that progressives immediately claimed anti-Trump Republicans had not made a difference and they could be ignored when it came to governing. In fact, if you look at the swing state results, the crossover vote of anti-Trump Republicans had made the difference in Arizona, Wisconsin and Georgia.
One thing that struck me after the election was that progressives immediately claimed anti-Trump Republicans had not made a difference and they could be ignored when it came to governing. In fact, if you look at the swing state results, the crossover vote of anti-Trump Republicans had made the difference in Arizona, Wisconsin and Georgia.
In the olden days, people in political coalitions found the common ground they shared and worked together on those issues. Today, those of us who are minority parties in that political coalition are expected to denounce our convictions and adopt 100% the agenda of the major player in that coalition. If not, we are dead to our new friends. Political coalitions cannot succeed with such expectations.
Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans are united on our support for American Democracy and the threat Trumpism poses to it. Maybe concentrate on some electoral reforms to insure Trump does not actually succeed when he tries another coup because he lost an election?
I don't think anyone thinks anti-Trump Republicans made no difference. I think they most certainly have the ability to swing elections and Democrats would be smart to try to win their votes. That said, I don't think they should expect to dictate the party's agenda when they:
1. Refuse to join the party
2. Are such a small part of the electorate that their only relevance is deciding between a moderate Democrat and a Trump Republican
I think it's unreasonable of them to expect either party to do anything more than the bare minimum required to win their votes because frankly, in every other respect, anti-Trump Republicans are such a small % of the electorate that they don't have enough votes to hold any more power than that.
One thing that struck me after the election was that progressives immediately claimed anti-Trump Republicans had not made a difference and they could be ignored when it came to governing. In fact, if you look at the swing state results, the crossover vote of anti-Trump Republicans had made the difference in Arizona, Wisconsin and Georgia.
In the olden days, people in political coalitions found the common ground they shared and worked together on those issues. Today, those of us who are minority parties in that political coalition are expected to denounce our convictions and adopt 100% the agenda of the major player in that coalition. If not, we are dead to our new friends. Political coalitions cannot succeed with such expectations.
Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans are united on our support for American Democracy and the threat Trumpism poses to it. Maybe concentrate on some electoral reforms to insure Trump does not actually succeed when he tries another coup because he lost an election?
I don't think anyone thinks anti-Trump Republicans made no difference. I think they most certainly have the ability to swing elections and Democrats would be smart to try to win their votes. That said, I don't think they should expect to dictate the party's agenda when they:
1. Refuse to join the party
2. Are such a small part of the electorate that their only relevance is deciding between a moderate Democrat and a Trump Republican
I think it's unreasonable of them to expect either party to do anything more than the bare minimum required to win their votes because frankly, in every other respect, anti-Trump Republicans are such a small % of the electorate that they don't have enough votes to hold any more power than that.