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count me among the clueless when it comes to rallying dems to any meaningful action.
but i have lost my naivete after the election regarding the gop.
there is no gop 'issue' voter (e.g., inflation) as long as trump is president and retains influence afterwards.
look at trump's polling...it very recently hit approval highs. in addition, its the local gop pols taking some heat, rarely trump himself as the focal point.
here is what happens when trump takes action that works against a gop voter on any 1 or 2 issues that affects them drastically :
a. they will proudly state they are still completely with trump on dozens of other issues that didnt harm them personally. whether they understand them or not has no role.
b. even on issues where they is no disputing factual personal harm, there is more than enough media propaganda that dampens blame.
(MAGA is told that the public, more importantly trump opponents, 'dont see the bigger picture', etc...)
will there be a significant brain drain to other countries from trump 2.0? will replacing the DoE with nothing, harassing higher education, dropping gov research w/no grift angle, etc... make the nation smarter?
no, we will be left with even more people unable to make logical attributions, and thus proclaimed gop voter issues are nothing more than regurgitated talking points.
