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AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts) Wed Dec 2, 2015, 01:54 AM Dec 2015

Is Trump sealing the fate of the Republican Party?

Just like Bush marred the image of the Republican Party to Millenials, Trump is reminding young voters (including Generation Z / Post Millenials) just how bad the Republican Party is.

Consider how young people now will become dominant in the future:

Trump's vitriol might help to mar the Republican Party's image also to post millenials, as Bush did to Millenials. Thus, by 2030, 50% of American voters are projected to be millennial or post millennial, and both of them will have been exposed to the ugliness that is the Republican Party via Bush and Trump.

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Is Trump sealing the fate of the Republican Party? (Original Post) AZ Progressive Dec 2015 OP

We can only hope that he is... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2015 #1

No Kalidurga Dec 2015 #2

The party is lone gone already flobee1 Dec 2015 #3

CaliforniaPeggy

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1. We can only hope that he is...

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Wed Dec 2, 2015, 02:01 AM

Dec 2015

Kalidurga

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2. No

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Wed Dec 2, 2015, 04:11 AM

Dec 2015

He is a symptom. The Republican party is sealing the fate of the Republican party. They can't blame their horrid situation on anyone but themselves. If they were a decent party they wouldn't have 12 or whatever many lunatics running for president and the worst of the lot being their front runners.

flobee1

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3. The party is lone gone already

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Wed Dec 2, 2015, 07:23 AM

Dec 2015

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It occurred to me (and horrified me) trump might be tapping into a base that has never been tapped into before, and for good reason. The loony fascists base.i think there are a lot more loony fascists out there than we realize. Normal republicans are just greedy assholes. These trumpers are truly insane. If he gets the nomination I think we will see a big surge, not only in his numbers, but in the craziness. They will see that "someone just like them could finally change this country for the better"
I really think a trump nomination would draw the crazies out of their unibomber shacks in the woods and get them to the polls.

If you add up all the poll numbers from trump to carly, you get 82%
The supporters for all those candidates will never ever vote for Clinton.
As a history buff, i always wondered what it was like as a german living during the rise of hitler. Did they comply and keep quiet out of fear? Did they get out while the gettin was good?
Ive seen the documentary, i dont want to live it.

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