Big Majority of Republicans Still Want Loyalty to Trump

[applegrove]

Big Majority of Republicans Still Want Loyalty to Trump

January 9, 2023 at 3:34 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 65 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/01/09/big-majority-of-republicans-still-want-loyalty-to-trump/

"SNIP........

A new CBS News poll found that most Republican voters expect the party to follow Donald Trump’s policies and 2020 views, if not the former president himself.

The results indicate 35% of Republicans think party loyalty to Trump is “very important,” and another 30% called it “somewhat important.”

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[RKP5637]

1. Brain-dead Lemmings!!! n/t

[Lovie777]

2. Poll again ......

Majority of Americans want him indicted and jailed.

[phoenix75]

3. Beyond my comprehension....

Almost all of my immediate adult family members, a brother, two sons and daughters-in-law, are dedicated fans of tfg. To me It is totally incomprehensible. Fortunately, we don't discuss politics at family get-togethers.

[onecaliberal]

7. Just like my in laws, perfectly fine with killing a million people.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. What policies? He didn't stand for anything. /nt

[applegrove]

5. Separating children from their parents at the border was one big policy

*ssholes.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. I Disagree With Their Conclusion

"Somewhat Important" could very well be #30 on the priority list.
I think it's only the 35% saying "very" that matter.
Now. It's 35% of 24% or 8.4% of voters.
Not exactly earth shaking.

[applegrove]

8. No but it means Republican leaders will never alienate them soo

it will be Trumptown for the near future. McConnell and DeSantis seem to want to distance themselves but part of the 8% will go back to not voting or voting Democratic like they did in the past. They are the small donors who made Gaetz snd Bobert immune from pressure from big money donors during the House Speaker clown show last week. Their personal relationship to Trump, which they feel they have, is what motivates them, not Republican policies of lower taxes and fewer regulations. Remember 2% is what separates presidential candidates on election day.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. That 8% Ever Voted Democrat?

I doubt that greatly. It's the other fraction or everybody else who isn't a committed democrat that matters.
This 8% is lost permanently.

[applegrove]

11. Some Trump voters voted for Obama. That is why the GOP has

grovelled to Trump. They are not wealthy people who have a personal connection to Trump. They lost union jobs. They stopped dreaming. They feel financial anxiety. They started thinking passionately instead of with reason. Trump makes them feel they are very close. Populism.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Of Course, I Know That

Those are not part of the 8%.
Think through it. Do you really believe that REPUBLICANS who still think loyalty to TFG is very important actually voted for Obama?
24% Rs, 30% Ds, 46% Indies. It's the other 62% that may have voted Obama, not this 8%.

[applegrove]

14. They were broken. They feel Trump put them back together with cosplay.

Especially hats. That is why the GOP doesn't want to alienate them. Some of them were Democrats. Trump promised them to grow jobs in the US. They got into the racist thing. Republicans hope there is no going back.

[applegrove]

17. Here is the lines I am thinking on. From Bloomberg:

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Trump Ally to Lead Powerful House Tax Committee

January 9, 2023 at 4:36 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 40 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/01/09/trump-ally-to-lead-powerful-house-tax-committee/

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Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) “will lead the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, putting a decidedly populist and pro-Donald Trump lawmaker in charge of the chamber’s tax, trade and health agenda,” Bloomberg reports.

“Smith, who advocates positioning the GOP as the party of the working class, represents a shift in Republican economic strategy away from the pro-free-trade, pro-business alignment it’s had for decades.”

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Also this:


65 percent of Republicans say loyalty to Trump is important: poll

BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN - 01/09/23 10:44 AM ET

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3805230-65-percent-of-republicans-say-loyalty-to-trump-is-important-poll/

"SNIP.......

More than two-thirds of registered Republican voters said in a new CBS News-You Gov poll that they want the party to show at least some signs of loyalty to former President Trump.

The poll, published on Monday, found that 65 percent of registered Republican respondents said that it’s important, to varying degrees, for the party to show loyalty to Trump. On the other hand, 35 percent of those surveyed said that the party doesn’t need to show loyalty to the former president.


Specifically, 35 percent of respondents said party loyalty to Trump was “very important,” while 30 percent said it “somewhat important.”


A Flourish chart

Additionally, 81 percent of registered Republican respondents said that they want potential GOP candidates to have similar “policies and proposals” to Trump, while 19 percent want them to have different ones.

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[Mr.Bill]

10. A "big majority of republicans"

is what is know in this country as a minority.

[dembotoz]

13. vermin is a vermin does

ain't no surprise here

[PortTack]

15. Big majority? 35%? Huh?