Two things I've been wondering about:D-train wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 9:11 pmWhen remaining trump loyalist realize that DeSantis has a commanding lead then will begin to jump on the bandwagon. And there will not be a single Trump supporter voting for the Dem candidate in the general obviously.gil wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:12 pmI think this is really good news for Republicans. At least the Republicans I used know.
I think it will be interesting to see if DeSantis and Trump actually square up one-on-one in many primaries. In 2016, Trump won several primaries with a plurality, but not a majority of votes, when running against several others who split 50%+ of the vote.
1. Weren't there some voters who had supported Obama and then went to Trump in 2016? Do you think these people stay Republicans forever (i.e., is it a one way street going from D to R?)
2. I've been saying that Republicans could have won a few more races (senate, house, governorships) in 2022 if they had run more "moderate" candidates: "moderate" in terms of accept 2020 election results (i.e., Trump lost fair and square), having less extreme positions on abortion, etc. I think it's pretty clear that more moderate republicans pick up votes in the middle. But how many voters are there who WANT those views I've characterized as extreme and would simply sit out an election between a more moderate Republican and a Democrat?