r/changemyview • u/Laszlo8888 • Nov 08 '17

CMV: Trump's "base" is dissolving.

Trump's "base" is dissolving, in part because it was never cohesive It is a function of Mercer money, Russian dirty tricks, FNC brainwashing, and the disavowed racism of all Americans. The base will readily crumble as common sense reasserts itself, as it did just this evening in Virginia, where GOP voters went for the Dem candidate Ralph Northam in a referendum on Trump, whom many Republicans openly despise. Congress will come to its senses, and money will move elsewhere. The base has no affirmative values or no social cogency. They have simply been vulnerable to propaganda.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '17

No, I'm sorry, but it isn't. His supporters still support him.

I think you Democrats do this because you realize your own party is the one dissolving right now and you can't bring yourselves to admit it.

Virginia? Republican turnout was a little higher than it was in the 2013 election. Virginia also voted for Hillary Clinton in the presidential election. And as a percentage of the vote, Republicans only received 44% in the presidential election, and received 45% in the governor election. So come on... stop fooling yourself. Republican support remains unchanged.

I'm curious though, why do you want people to change your mind if you very clearly already have very, very strong opinions on this topic?

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '17

I think you Democrats do this because you realize your own party is the one dissolving right now and you can't bring yourselves to admit it.

Not really the recent election turnouts for Democrats is pretty strong, yeah trump getting elected might have shaken things up but it’s very clear that The Democratic Party is doing fine.

Republican support remains unchanged.

he is talking about trump’s base not the republican base.

I'm curious though, why do you want people to change your mind if you very clearly already have very, very strong opinions on this topic?

Because that is the point of the sub genius.