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by kken 53 days ago
Asking just to be sure: does “conservative voter” imply that you endorse the trump administration?

A bit surprised to see this on hn at this time.

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I did vote for Trump. I like some, but not all, of his policies.

It should not be surprising. Trump won the popular vote and all seven swing states. Even hardcore supporters tire of some of his antics. Supporters have accomplishments they can be happy with.

10th lowest winning margin in all of US history. Far from the picture you are trying to paint that most Americans are pro-trump. Most Americans either didn’t vote or voted against trump.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presiden...

Fell For It Again Award
> I like some, but not all, of his policies.

His only discernible policy is to lie. About everything, all the time.

Honestly, there is a class of voters for which it just ultimately comes down to one issue and one issue only and that is abortion.

Trumps fortunes in 2016 were looking pretty bad until the final debate with Clinton where he cornered her into making principled (and completely correct) pro-choice statements (and lied implying she'd support 8th month abortions and because of the way he twisted things she got on the defensive.)

That was the end for her. An entire class of "conservative" voters who were uncomfortable with Trump and willing to park their vote with the Democrats temporarily just plugged their nose and voted Trump.

And they were paid off for it, too. Anti-abortion supreme court justices put in place and new anti-abortion laws put in place all over. Despite Trump himself having been formerly "pro-choice."

If you believe that abortion is literally murder, you probably can't vote any other way.

And since then other "culture wars" issues have been thrown into the mix around trans issues and "woke" etc.