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I'm looking forward to a split Republican vote
How would it be split? Unless Trump is successfully removed from the ballot, Trump is the only candidate that republican voters actually want.
I'm not too sure about that. There are Republicans who have never liked Trump, ones who have had enough of him, and ones who would die for him. If enough states successfully remove him the party might consider an alternative. In that case you'll get a lot of write ins for Trump and an easy Democrat win. If they don't go with an alternative, we can at least count on those states being blue
How did those never-Trumpers do in 2016? I'm pretty sure most of them ended up supporting Trump.
Sorry guys I didn't mean to inject optimism into this thread
Edit: Don't forget we won 2020. We were smart to swap out Hillary after she lost 2016. Maybe they'll be smart too. In fact, how many times has a losing candidate been chosen by their party again?
I'm glad you're optimistic. I just don't know, considering past history, if that's the part to be optimistic about.
I just think most of us have learned not to get our hopes up much for anything going well in US politics and especially wrt this guy. From where I'm sitting, being optimistic about something like a split conservative vote is just asking for major disappointment.