2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhy Donald Trump Will Campaign On The Most Conservative Republican Platform In Decades
Teo Armus
The Republican platform may be more conservative than any time in decades, but that wasnt Donald Trumps choice.
Evangelical Republicans are celebrating a victory as their partys platform falls far to the right of its usual stances on key social issues and even further right than Trumps more moderate views on things like gay rights and abortion.
This odd discord between the candidate and the platform isnt yet a sign of resurgent movement conservatism in the GOP, but rather owes itself to an unusually distant approach to policy from the nominee. Rather than pushing his own views onto the platform, as in past elections, Trumps campaign instead looked to rally the Christian base so he could secure the nomination despite murmurs of mutiny.
Without a strong presence from Trump, social conservative Tony Perkins who leads the anti-gay, pro-life Family Research Council was able to show his hands in dozens of amendments, the New York Times Jeremy Peters reported. Notably, Trump has had a rocky relationship with Perkins and other evangelical political influencers, hundreds of whom met with him at a daylong conference in May to seek mutual understanding.
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sarae
(3,284 posts)partly stemming from his own ignorance on the issues, and partly because he only really cares about higher ratings/more votes.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)Zambero
(8,964 posts)how distancing himself from the mainstream on settled social issues helps him get more votes or higher ratings? Trump is going along to get along with hard core evangelical, but his overall ceiling of support won't increase as a result. On the other hand, it puts his standing with moderate independent voters in jeopardy, opening him up to attack as capitulating to extreme elements. Trump's overarching ignorance will get the best of him yet.
sarae
(3,284 posts)Trump probably thinks it will get him more votes, but I don't see how. Maybe he really fears losing the white evangelical crowd and thinks this is a surefire way to gain their support?
sarae
(3,284 posts)that Bernie or Busters would actually go for him.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Is that what they want?
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)highly dangerous. Their goal is to undermine the US and instill their backward inane beliefs that have been programmed into their little dirty minds. It's the SOS, just different names, religions and places. It's all about authoritarian religious rule over a bunch of dominated people. And religion is just another form of politics and also money for those on the top of the religious heap.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Just replace "Sharia Law" with "Family Values" and the rest reads the same.
sarae
(3,284 posts)They're completely fine with restricting people's rights when it's on their terms.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)I wouldn't call it conservative.