RoundSparrow@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoTrump made a mockery of American democracy. Why are Americans shrugging this off? | BY THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARDwww.miamiherald.comexternal-linkmessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down132
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minus-squareJordan Lund@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·1 year agoIt’s smaller than you think… keep in mind, the Republican party has been distilling down to a pure crazy base for years now… So remember, when you see polls like “70% of registered Republicans think… x”, that’s what’s left after 20 years of rational conservatives leaving the party. This isn’t the party of George Will or William F. Buckly, Jr. The academic conservatives are long gone now.
minus-squareZoboomafoo@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoIt sure seems like those objectors leaving the party are good at holding their nose in the voting booth
It’s smaller than you think… keep in mind, the Republican party has been distilling down to a pure crazy base for years now…
So remember, when you see polls like “70% of registered Republicans think… x”, that’s what’s left after 20 years of rational conservatives leaving the party.
This isn’t the party of George Will or William F. Buckly, Jr. The academic conservatives are long gone now.
It sure seems like those objectors leaving the party are good at holding their nose in the voting booth