POTUS Election thread

**Hooahguy** · 09-22-2015, 07:48

Voters being the GOP base, I assume you mean. The base in most cases will vote for their party regardless of the candidate. Its the people in the middle who you need to capture. And saying things like "Mexican immigrants are rapists" and "Muslims shouldnt be allowed to be president" doesnt really inspire those in the middle to look favorably on the candidate.

**Montmorency** · 09-22-2015, 09:12

Do people still imagine that Trump is popular because of some position or other (e.g. nativism, protectionism), which would not hold up under the scrutiny of the larger base?

If so, they are quite confused. Remember Huey Long.

**Montmorency** · 09-22-2015, 09:31

A couple of hints to make it clearer:

1. Much of Trump's support comes from the "Tea Party" membership, and most of the Tea Party membership in turn likes Trump.

2. The Tea Party has never been about libertarianism.

**Idaho** · 09-22-2015, 16:21

The tea party is about getting really stupid people to give mass support for benevolent corporations to harvest our organs and render us down for tallow so their boards can live longer and have access to high quality soaps and cosmetics.

**Hooahguy** · 09-22-2015, 20:57

No the Tea Party in its earliest strains was an actual grassroots movement with libertarian ideas. Then it became an astroturf movement once corporations started getting in the game.