Trump’s base is shrinking. Will they be able to fill the vacancies with new voters?
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Even so, blue-collar whites’ continued decline in the electorate, including in the states where they are most critical, reaffirms the concerns of Trump’s GOP critics that he is defining the party in a manner that wins over those voters at too high a price: the alienation of white-collar whites and minorities, two groups that are growing in number. “Nothing has repealed the long-term demographic trends in the electorate,” Ayres said. “What Trump did was lock us more completely into a declining portion of the electorate at the cost of an increasing portion of the electorate.”
So, is he now going to use the old, hackneyed, tried-and-true " push a button, start a war, stay in office ….blueprint" ? How many presidents have we had who have done just that to save their political hides??
Radish the wordsmith over 6 years ago
There she goes, my beautiful world.
Ontman over 6 years ago
First to go, the present Republican party.
superposition over 6 years ago
Trump’s base is shrinking. Will they be able to fill the vacancies with new voters?
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Even so, blue-collar whites’ continued decline in the electorate, including in the states where they are most critical, reaffirms the concerns of Trump’s GOP critics that he is defining the party in a manner that wins over those voters at too high a price: the alienation of white-collar whites and minorities, two groups that are growing in number. “Nothing has repealed the long-term demographic trends in the electorate,” Ayres said. “What Trump did was lock us more completely into a declining portion of the electorate at the cost of an increasing portion of the electorate.”
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/trump-2016-election/528519/
Sadandconfused9 over 6 years ago
So, is he now going to use the old, hackneyed, tried-and-true " push a button, start a war, stay in office ….blueprint" ? How many presidents have we had who have done just that to save their political hides??
Mr. Blawt over 6 years ago
He negotiated much worse conditions for the American people.
Addled Brain over 6 years ago
“How many presidents have we had who [started a war] to save their political hides??” — S&C
One thing’s for sure : they were all Republicans . . .