• mriguy@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    So it all comes down to ā€œdo Republicans want to win badly enough that they can suppress their racism and misogyny and vote for a woman of colorā€. Republicans like winning, but NEVER bet against racism and misogyny with that crew.

    Also, a large fraction of the base WILL vote for Trump, and only Trump, whether heā€™s on the ballot or not, which hurts Haley. And thereā€™s no evidence that the Rā€™s have won over a single new voter since 2020, when they lost.

    This all turns on how badly Biden does with HIS base, and that is currently pretty worrying. Democratic voters like unproductive petulance at least as much as Republican voters like racism and misogyny.