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This next election is going to be wild. Stacked full of unpopular candidates.
Biden’s approval rating is abysmal, and his age is actively working against him. Sure, he’s likely to get most D votes, but unlikely he’ll get extra voters to come out from any fringe group or independents.
If Trump is selected as the R candidate, his supporters will come out in droves to vote. But independents aren’t looking like they’ll give him support. Then again, a lot of people said they wouldn’t vote for Trump in 2016, but did anyway.
If Trump isn’t on the R ticket, another person could grab hold of independents and a good chunk of the R party voters. But impassioned Trump supporters are a wild card. Will they just write in Trump? Vote third party out of vengeance? I guess they’ll probably do whatever Trump says, which seems like it has a good chance of splintering the R vote.
Honestly, this is all just wild. And the only certain thing is that there is no certainty.
I really hope young voters show up.
Trump has an absolute lock on the nomination.
Because literally every democrat with a brain will vote for him in every open primary.
@InvertedParallax That's the same move that got him the presidency the first time.
@DevCat @Changetheview
I know, but let's be honest, it fucking DESTROYED the GOP with millenials, genz and literally anyone who can read.
I don't think it was a bad trade.
The GOP has irrevocably become a redneck trash party, and they can never escape from this trap.