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I’ve not looked recently but when I paid more attention trumps base made up 25% of the electorate. The key question will be if mainstream republicans continue t

I’ve not looked recently but when I paid more attention trumps base made up 25% of the electorate. The key question will be if mainstream republicans continue to stick by him, especially if he is convicted of paying off a porn star to hush up an extramarital affair while his wife was pregnant. It’s one thing to say it’s nonsense and a witch hunt by an over zealous politically motivated DA, but a conviction by a jury sets a whole different tone.

pessimizer 4y ago
> especially if he is convicted of paying off a porn star to hush up an extramarital affair while his wife was pregnant. We already know he did it. This is something that has had at least 100K articles written about it. The indictment isn't for that, it's for a campaign finance violation. Paying prostitutes to sign NDAs isn't a crime. edit: So I think a conviction will make absolutely no difference. I also think 25% is a good estimate for Trump's absolutely militant, committed base. That's a larger, and more united base than any other group in this country. It's also a group that's been dreaming about this for decades, armed to the teeth and mixed up in religious eschatology about the end of the world.
- fnordpiglet 4y ago
  Yes they are. But I also think there must be limits to what can be accepted by the non core base. The more extreme things become, surely - surely - there’s a point where the rational conservative says “wtf” Re: the criminal charges. There have been a lot of article written but they’re easier to dismiss than a court of law finding fact.
  - jen20 4y ago
    > surely - there’s a point where the rational conservative says “wtf” This surely depends on whether the 'rational conservative' is capable of basic introspection. What is being proposed by the GP would be decried instantly by even the slightly-right-leaning if it were any other group (especially, say, black people, or left-wingers).

pessimizer 4y ago

> especially if he is convicted of paying off a porn star to hush up an extramarital affair while his wife was pregnant. We already know he did it. This is something that has had at least 100K articles written about it. The indictment isn't for that, it's for a campaign finance violation. Paying prostitutes to sign NDAs isn't a crime. edit: So I think a conviction will make absolutely no difference. I also think 25% is a good estimate for Trump's absolutely militant, committed base. That's a larger, and more united base than any other group in this country. It's also a group that's been dreaming about this for decades, armed to the teeth and mixed up in religious eschatology about the end of the world.

fnordpiglet 4y ago
Yes they are. But I also think there must be limits to what can be accepted by the non core base. The more extreme things become, surely - surely - there’s a point where the rational conservative says “wtf” Re: the criminal charges. There have been a lot of article written but they’re easier to dismiss than a court of law finding fact.
- jen20 4y ago
  > surely - there’s a point where the rational conservative says “wtf” This surely depends on whether the 'rational conservative' is capable of basic introspection. What is being proposed by the GP would be decried instantly by even the slightly-right-leaning if it were any other group (especially, say, black people, or left-wingers).