Trump got destroyed in NH. I don't understand the headlines.

[FDRFTW]

His entire campaign is predicated on his false claims that the election was stolen from him.

When 43% of the Republican base votes for a different candidate, it shows that Trumps disinformation message is not penetrating.

If people believed the election was stolen from him by a deep state, they’d be out in droves… in my view.

He may well lose the primary if this keeps up.

Am I alone in my analysis?

[Rhiannon12866]

1. In both primary states he got just barely half of the votes

As Lawrence O'Donnell said on MSNBC tonight, if Republicans consider him to be the "incumbent," he's losing support.

[ITAL]

2. A large percentage of NH primary voters were Independents

If you look at the exit polls, Trump destroyed her among actual Republicans.

[SunSeeker]

4. Yes, he still has a lock on the base. But he needs more than the base to win the general election.

My main fear is the idiot third party spoilers, like RFK Jr., or Cornel West, who will take away just enough votes from Biden to hand the swing states to Trump.

[ITAL]

16. Yeah, but the OP

Was specifically about Trump lost 43% of the base vote which is what I was replying to. That is false because most of that 43 % weren't even Republicans.

[Pototan]

6. Last time I looked, Independents get to vote,

at least while we remain an actual Democracy. If Adolf Trump wins the White house, 2024 will be the last free elections in America.

[ITAL]

17. Again, the OP

Said Trump lost 43% of the base vote and may well lose the primary...which isn't true because as I said MANY of the primary voters weren't even Republicans. That will not be the case in most states as only Party faithful can vote in the primary.

[FDRFTW]

33. I should have said 43% of those voting for a Republican in the primary, thank you.

Really dismal numbers for a man claiming to be anointed by God….. in my view.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Let Trump be Trump.

Can;t wait.

[Cha]

8. lol

[rubbersole]

5. Please let tfg make it to November.

His mental decline is obvious and worsening by the day. Repubs are all jumping on the bandwagon heading to hell. Bummer.

[PortTack]

9. Agree!

[bluestarone]

23. Agree!

Can't get rid of my thought that at last minute Haley will get the ticket? God i hope TFG lives just long enough to DESTROY the RETHUGS!

[Cha]

7. Hey Good Points!

The media is full of shit as usual.

[MLAA]

10. Welcome, FDRFTW!

I agree, you’d think god’s appointed would have smoted Haley!

[Vinca]

11. So did Dean Phillips. He needs to go away and not interfere in Biden's win.

[brooklynite]

12. The people who didn't vote for him were Independents...

...who won't be allowed to vote in upcoming Primaries.

[getagrip_already]

29. but how many stayed home?

and just said i'm not voting for either of these clowns.....

In Iowa, that number was high.

[Johnny2X2X]

13. He is their incumbent

It's not a normal cycle. If Biden had a challenger getting 43% of the vote, the headlines would be ablout how Dems need to replace him at the top of the ticket, indpendents voting against him or not.

[shrike3]

14. The current narrative is: Trump is surging and Biden is vulnerable.

So, stories and commentary fit the narrative.

[jcgoldie]

15. exit polling from GOP primary in New Hampshire...

Read it on the scroll yesterday on MSNBC and also it was referenced by Rachel Maddow. They asked them if they thought Biden won legitimately in 2020 and it was an even split 49-49.

[limbicnuminousity]

18. Last night was a pyrrhic victory for cheetolini.

He may get blown out of the water on Super Tuesday. Can he make it 6 entire weeks without claiming that George Washington took one small step for man on the great ball of cheese in the sky.

[Hugin]

19. While objectivity true that it was a...

Pyrrhic victory for the Pretender.

I can assure you that in what’s left of his riddled thinky meat, it was a phallic victory.



(Though, this morning his doubts seem to be projecting through)

[limbicnuminousity]

21. Nice!

[krawhitham]

20. Well he did win 74% of the Republican base

[FDRFTW]

32. In my view, those are terrible numbers from a man claiming he won in 2020,

And has captured the heart of the nation ….

[peggysue2]

22. I don't think Trump is in danger of losing the nomination

But I think these early rounds expose the weakness of the Trump campaign. Independents and moderates do not like the craziness and chaos which is what Trump represents. He needs a coalition of these voters for any chance of winning in November bc the MAGA base is static in raw numbers.

Despite all the whining and grievance mongering, Trump's appeal is smaller than it was. He's a known quantity, a disaster of his own making.

Which is good bc I want the man trounced in November along with his ugly enablers and supporters.

[FDRFTW]

30. Thank you!

That’s what I was trying to say, but put so much more eloquently

[limbicnuminousity]

24. Trump as Lear

His "win" is reminiscent of one of the monologues from King Lear:

You see me here, you gods, a poor old man,
As full of grief as age; wretched in both.
If it be you that stirs these daughters’ hearts
Against their father, fool me not so much
To bear it tamely; touch me with noble anger,
And let not women’s weapons, water drops,
Stain my man’s cheeks! No, you unnatural hags!
I will have such revenges on you both
That all the world shall- I will do such things-
What they are yet, I know not; but they shall be
The terrors of the earth! You think I’ll weep.
No, I’ll not weep.
I have full cause of weeping, but this heart
Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws
Or ere I’ll weep. O fool, I shall go mad!


edit=guess that would make MTG, Bobo, and Gaetz the "unnatural hags?"

[TheKentuckian]

25. Typically "destroyed" at least implies not winning.

Troubling signs for the Republicans in the general? Absolutely and fabulous!

Indications that Chump isn't going to win the primary? Not seeing it.

[GreenWave]

26. You are not alone. I, for one, am with you even unto the end of my days.

[bucolic_frolic]

27. When the bubble bursts it happens quickly. Trump climbs a wall of worry, and takes the elevator down.

[republianmushroom]

28. Trump got destroyed, No, he won.

[FDRFTW]

31. But not in the manner of a man who claims to have beat Biden in 2020 and had the election stolen from him...

His message had a failure to penetrate, in my view.

[republianmushroom]

34. Maybe not in the manner that you claim, but, he still won.

Do not discount him. We (democrats) did in 2016 and look what happened, we got our ass handed to us.