Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 02-05-2021, 08:08 PM
bu2
 
23,912 posts, read 14,714,237 times
Reputation: 12712

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by GuitarHero45 View Post
Except "the right" isn't remotely as uniform as you're alluding to.

The right consists of Libertarians who aren't fond of most Mainstream Republican politicians, devoted GOP voters who will vote for anyone who isn't a Democrat or Liberal, populists and centrists who don't really abide by strict Republican principals such as Trump and Rand Paul, socially conservative Christians/Evangelicals aka "the Moral Right", and a fringe group of far right nationalists(national or racial) who are mostly concerned with demographics and immigration.

And, contrary to popular belief, these various factions of "the right" are often at odds with each other, albeit they'll sometimes band together to make sure a Republican secures the Presidential nomination.

"The Left" similarly varies a lot.
Republicans had 17 candidates in 2016. Pataki was a moderate liberal. Paul was a libertarian. Carson was the Moral right. Cruz and Perry were hardcore conservative. Jeb and Christie were traditional main street Republicans. Rubio and Walker were "new Republicans." Jindal and Whitman were technocrats. Trump was a populist. Trump won because he was the only one in the populist lane while the others overlapped their bases. And there were 5 others I haven't mentioned on top of these.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 02-05-2021, 08:10 PM
 
8,192 posts, read 3,389,423 times
Reputation: 6061
Quote:
Originally Posted by bu2 View Post
That's my point. Its not the only one. And its not significant in a lot of other countries. And its not a good description of the Republicans who the NYT is clueless on. The populists are a minority of the Republicans, just a lot more numerous than in 2008 and 2012 when many were Democrats.
Trump was a populist president, so there must be a large number of Republicans who are populists.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top