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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Base Has Become Too Delusional for the GOP's Own Good
To acknowledge that Democrats are poised for a landslide would be to acknowledge that the American people do not overwhelmingly approve of his job performance. Therefore, Trump has assured his voters that all those reports about a blue wave are fake news, and that Republicans are certain to keep Congress in November. Fox News has dutifully echoed this message, and the GOP base has fully absorbed it. As Axioss Jonathan Swan reports:
The presidents contempt for mainstream polling and the media may come back to haunt him in November. Several top Republican operatives working on the midterm elections told me Trumps fanciful red wave predictions could depress Republican turnout and, ironically, serve to make any blue wave even bigger.
What were hearing: One of those strategists told me hes detecting something interesting and concerning from focus groups of Trump voters. You have Trump-MAGA loyalists, and their friends on Fox, who have reached a point of not believing polls and media people telling them things are going wrong, that I believe is actually causing the Republicans problems, the strategist told me, granted anonymity in order to be candid.
Weve seen it in focus groups, with Republican base voters, where youll come up with a hypothetical that the Democrats win, and people are like, Thats not going to happen, thats stupid. Theyre like, Oh, to hell with this crap, we were told Trump wasnt going to win. Its bullshit.They watch Hannity and hear that a red wave is coming to save the House. They really believe its going to be 2016 all over again.
If Democrats do retake the House (as probabilistic forecasts currently predict), perhaps the GOP base will finally realize that their movements fair and balanced media outlets arent actually interested in keeping them well-informed. But it seems much more likely that theyll follow their leaders guidance and conclude that Democrats are busing more illegals to the polls than theyd ever imagined.
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Trump's Base Has Become Too Delusional for the GOP's Own Good (Original Post)
kpete
Aug 2018
OP
RW now not believing in polls is an extension of not believing in science. Another nail in the
Fred Sanders
Aug 2018
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. RW now not believing in polls is an extension of not believing in science. Another nail in the
coffin.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)2. Truth isn't truth
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)3. Will President Trump's overconfidence hold down Republican turnout in this year's elections?
Trump's arrogance and the general stupidity of trump's supporters could help a blue wave https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/08/20/will-president-trumps-overconfidence-hold-down-republican-turnout-in-this-years-elections/?utm_term=.90fb957953b6
But now some Republicans are worrying that Trumps overconfidence may be not just unwarranted but actually a problem in itself, something that could make defeat more likely. Heres what Jonathan Swan of Axios is reporting:
The presidents contempt for mainstream polling and the media may come back to haunt him in November. Several top Republican operatives working on the midterm elections told me Trumps fanciful red wave predictions could depress Republican turnout and, ironically, serve to make any blue wave even bigger.
What were hearing: One of those strategists told me hes detecting something interesting and concerning from focus groups of Trump voters. You have Trump-MAGA loyalists, and their friends on Fox, who have reached a point of not believing polls and media people telling them things are going wrong, that I believe is actually causing the Republicans problems, the strategist told me, granted anonymity in order to be candid. [ ]
Questionable outlier polls like Rasmussen that favor the president have lulled and reassured Trumps base. The president tweets out the polls, his media mouthpieces echo them, and his voters feel pacified and, several top strategists Ive interviewed fear, less motivated to show up in November.