As Trump openly acknowledges a big problem the GOP faces this fall, a Democratic strategist on House races explains what Dems think is really happening on the ground in all these hard-fought contests.

In an interview with Punchbowl News, Donald Trump said straight out that his voters just might not show up for GOP candidates this fall. That’s a striking admission of one of the thorniest problems the GOP faces. But it gets worse. Trump also declared that “a lot” of his voters are “not angry at me,” but “are very angry at Republicans.” That will likely be read by his supporters as a declaration that Republicans are failing Trump, and as encouragement to stay home. Meanwhile, polling shows MAGA voters turni…

  • molehill_siesta@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    I don’t usually buy into “both sides same”, but this is actually how ‘both sides’ win or lose elections - if you put up a candidate that people are excited to vote for, people vote. If they’re disappointed, they don’t.

    This is the majority of voters, not the vanishingly small minority that post online or pay attention to politics.

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      Worth remembering, too, that since most of our media is oligarch-owned, they are constantly preaching “both sides” and “Dems bad” - minimizing the Democratic candidates while giving the Republicans passes. So you are right, but that is also influence by media propaganda.