2020 Election

[Dill]

(08-01-2020, 09:19 AM)CKwi88 Wrote: I certainly dont believe Trumpism dies with Trump's presidency. He has a cult like following that certainly lives up to the whole "I can shoot a dude on 5th Ave and not lose a vote" mantra.

However, should Trump lose emphatically in November, the GOP is going to be at a major crossroads. They will either have to double down on Trumpism, further cementing Trumpism as the GOP platform, or disown him and alienate a very vocal minority of their electorate, and what will be a very vocal scorned ex president.

It will be interesting to see. I'm of the opinion that there are more people that simply won't vote for a D and want to see the party move to normalcy rather than people who would bend over and spread 'em for Trump given the chance

I think that half or more will double down on Trumpism. They have a much diminished capacity for recognizing incompetence in politicians and taking responsibility for their own errors as voters.

A large minority will try to "save" the party, but that won't happen (if it does at all) until the next primary in 2023. Some will want Trump to run again, but the next successful candidate will have to be someone who wasn't shamed by Trump ("lyin' Ted) nor was a public sycophant, like Lindsay Graham, nor a public spectacle like Jordan--someone ready to disavow Trump (he went to far!) but not wholly (had the right ideas about immigration and standing up to China and Hillary).

I won't be surprised if a third party forms, either of Trumpers or of Repubs who are traditional conservatives and tired of the nonsense, now that they have their judges.