Great News For Democrats As Trump Is Killing Republican Optimism

[applegrove]

BY JASON EASLEY at Politicus USA

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/31/great-news-for-democrats-as-trump-is-destroying-gop-voter-optimism.html

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The Trump base remains largely unchanged, but the plunge in optimism suggests that Trump isn’t a positive motivating force to get Republicans out to vote in November. Pessimistic voters don’t show up to support candidates on Election Day. Voters across the political spectrum are realizing that the tax cuts were a scam. They don’t see any benefits in their paychecks, and that Trump is irrational and all over the map causing the country to have no clear direction.

Trump ran a campaign of negativity and division where he spends most of his time demonizing others. Given that this is how Trump functions, it is par for the course that he would govern in this same manner as president.

The problem is that negativity doesn’t motivate voters to vote. Negativity, when used in the extreme doses that Trump delivers, turns voters off and it will depress the practitioner’s own base. Republican voter turnout has been down in special elections across the country because Trump is not an inspirational figure. He doesn’t excite voters to go out and support him.

When Democratic enthusiasm is combined with Trump fueled Republican apathy, the result won’t just be a blue wave. It may also be a political bloodbath.

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[redstateblues]

1. Trump cultivated anger which worked

For a while. It’s almost impossible to sustain that kind of negativity for more than one cycle. It turns sour.

[femmedem]

2. Also, when people are angry at the status quo

they retain that anger for the incumbent--and that anger is probably more intense if they feel betrayed by someone they trusted.