It’s hard to put into words the level of trouble the Republican Party is in right now. The MAGA coalition (plenty of it is not MAGA) is in tatters. This coalition was heavily reliant on non-ideological, low information voters (especially Hispanics and white women with lower levels of education) who leaned Democrat in elections not centered on Trump, whom many of such voters perceived as a great businessman.
At the same time, MAGA alienated right leaning, more educated, better off voters outside of the South. There are literally like 5 such people in this category on here who would vote for Reagan but didn’t vote for Trump. But as Trump loses some of his less ideological and less engaged supporters, these folks aren’t returning.
There are solutions to this problem, but it’s gonna require a return to much more traditional R candidates, maybe with a bit more of a populist flavor but nothing like Trump. I’m not sure GOP primary voters are ready for what this means, they may have to be brutalized for several cycles for reality to hit.
Farewell to MAGA.
At the same time, MAGA alienated right leaning, more educated, better off voters outside of the South. There are literally like 5 such people in this category on here who would vote for Reagan but didn’t vote for Trump. But as Trump loses some of his less ideological and less engaged supporters, these folks aren’t returning.
There are solutions to this problem, but it’s gonna require a return to much more traditional R candidates, maybe with a bit more of a populist flavor but nothing like Trump. I’m not sure GOP primary voters are ready for what this means, they may have to be brutalized for several cycles for reality to hit.
Farewell to MAGA.
