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The Republican party might have a better defense if their platform in the last election weren't literally "we support whatever Donald Trump wants" [0] . That w
by InitialLastName 4y ago
The Republican party might have a better defense if their platform in the last election weren't literally "we support whatever Donald Trump wants" [0] . That way, the American people would have any way to tell whether their loudest (and most divisive) voices were representative of the larger party on any given position, rather than just having to assume they are.
[0]https://ballotpedia.org/The_Republican_Party_Platform,_2020 https://ballotpedia.org/The_Republican_Party_Platform,_2020
- giantg2 4y agoThe way I, and likely many other voters, have viewed the past couple elections is a little different. It's basically a choice between a shit sandwich and a shit sandwich without the bread. Which one is which depends on your perspective. They both suck but the bread makes one slightly more palatable. With that in mind, the platform for democrats was to vote out Trump. Similar to four years earlier the republican platform was to vote for anyone but Hillary.
- InitialLastName 4y agoThat works if you think only the national scale matters; that there's been a similar pattern at the state and local level (without the overblown individual personalities) suggests that it's not just the "this specific person sucks" pattern.
- giantg2 4y agoOf course it's not just that pattern. There are others. It does tend to exist and depends on the state. In the general election you still typically have only 2-3 choices for many offices at the state level. They tend to follow a similar two party paradigm and have a "Not that person" feel to some of them. Local elections have less personality involved in many areas simply because the person is less notorious and their positions are less well publicized.