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Q: Why don't republicans want to betray their leader? Is there that much republican support for Trump right now?

dragontamer 8y ago
Republican support for Trump has dropped from 97% to like 90% this past month. Sooooo... yeah. I forget the numbers exactly, but its well above 80%. Note: Republican Senators and House members are trapped. Literally every Republican Senator up for election 2016 to 2018 who said something bad about Trump was voted out. Lisa Murkowski is the one exception: her next election is in 2022. And she's clearly expecting Trump to be voted out in 2020 (which is why she's willing to go against him so much). She's willing to play the long game. All the other Republican Senators who didn't like Trump's policies (Jeff Flake, John McCain, etc. etc.) are gone. I guess Mitt Romney (new Utah Senator) is a new instigator, but the anti-Trump Republican movement is basically dead at this point. Either a Democrat took over the seat, or a harder-leaning Republican took over. Note that over 30% of the US Population agrees with Trump on the issue and still strongly supports him through this shutdown. If you are a Republican and in the House or Senate, you HAVE to earn the support of that 30%, because no one really will vote for you if you go against this base.
- SolaceQuantum 8y ago
  Oh, okay. Thanks for explaining. Do you know some of the reasonings around the support for the shut down?
  - dragontamer 8y ago
    Politics is innately emotional, and not a thing of reason. Fundamentally, when people choose a leader, they will then follow that person. Its an innate characteristic of humans. Its not a Republican or Democrat thing, its simply a human thing.
    - SolaceQuantum 8y ago
      Thank you again for explaining. I'll have to look into that. (I'm a little strange so I don't often follow leadership without also querying their reasoning constantly.)

Republican support for Trump has dropped from 97% to like 90% this past month. Sooooo... yeah. I forget the numbers exactly, but its well above 80%. Note: Republican Senators and House members are trapped. Literally every Republican Senator up for election 2016 to 2018 who said something bad about Trump was voted out. Lisa Murkowski is the one exception: her next election is in 2022. And she's clearly expecting Trump to be voted out in 2020 (which is why she's willing to go against him so much). She's willing to play the long game. All the other Republican Senators who didn't like Trump's policies (Jeff Flake, John McCain, etc. etc.) are gone. I guess Mitt Romney (new Utah Senator) is a new instigator, but the anti-Trump Republican movement is basically dead at this point. Either a Democrat took over the seat, or a harder-leaning Republican took over. Note that over 30% of the US Population agrees with Trump on the issue and still strongly supports him through this shutdown. If you are a Republican and in the House or Senate, you HAVE to earn the support of that 30%, because no one really will vote for you if you go against this base.

SolaceQuantum 8y ago
Oh, okay. Thanks for explaining. Do you know some of the reasonings around the support for the shut down?
- dragontamer 8y ago
  Politics is innately emotional, and not a thing of reason. Fundamentally, when people choose a leader, they will then follow that person. Its an innate characteristic of humans. Its not a Republican or Democrat thing, its simply a human thing.
  - SolaceQuantum 8y ago
    Thank you again for explaining. I'll have to look into that. (I'm a little strange so I don't often follow leadership without also querying their reasoning constantly.)