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by aurelius12 2213 days ago
He's going to appeal to his base is what he's going to do, while repelling almost everyone else on earth. As usual.
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"appeal to his base" is the a reductive way to describe an enormous number of Americans. Overwhelming, even.
Overwhelming = under 25% of the US population that voted for him in 2016? Even among registered voters only it's still under 50% - how is that overwhelming?
At least he's not Hillary...or Biden.
most people don't vote. but they still support Trump. They would support any republican candidate
> most people don't vote. but they still support Trump.

It's like the IRL version of claiming support from lurkers.

> They would support any republican candidate

Republican Party identification is pretty constant at 25-30%, below both Democratic and Independent.

> “most people”

For “most” do you mean in terms of population count?

For “people” do you mean registered voters ?

Republicans would win every election if that was the case

Big citation needed on who of non-voters support Trump. Most opinion polls that include anyone (not just registered voters) still have Trump's approval at 40ish percent the past 4 years.

If you say all polling is invalid/not representative, where are you getting your numbers from?

And again, what makes this overwhelming?

his base is tiny. he was only elected because he had a base, plus a lot of republicans held their noses and voted for him. His true base is getting smaller every day; I have a bunch of friends in the midwest and many of them have reported that even the folks they knew who were huge Trump supporters have decided he's crossed too many lines (specifically, disrespecting the military, the covid press briefings, attacking people unnecessarily, and not actually helping working people) and plan to simply not vote in the presidential election (rather than voting for biden). I was struck at how many of my friends reported this rapid shift over the past few months.
It’s what he does. Appeal to the base, defy common sense, and allow for the rabid frenzied masses respond as they will.