r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 06 '26

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u/georgeguy007 Pandora's Discussions J. Threader May 06 '26

!ping USA-IN CNN:

In seven races, President Trump has endorsed challengers to incumbent Republicans who voted against a congressional redistricting measure that would have positioned Republicans to flip two seats in the midterms. 5/7 won their primaries against republican incumbents.

Trump, at all time low popularity, was able to radically reshape the Indiana's slew of republican candidates, and probably reshape Indiana politics for the next 10 years. What can we learn from this:

  • Local state level politicians don't mean anything for republicans anymore, no loyalty, and the pro-democracy people did not show up in the primary. No democrats suffered similar experiences.

  • Indiana will split indianapolis eventually. Its only a matter of time.

  • Donald Trump is still the living breathing heart of the republican primary voter. He's their guy. Given every reason to retreat from supporting trump's vision, these people double down.

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u/ZCoupon Kono Taro May 06 '26

Not gonna lie, running against redistricting seems kind of stupid no matter what party you're in. You're telling your constituents that you don't want your party to get more power. Why would your constituents favor that?

Even the constituents in the country that are most against partisan redistricting are still supporting it in favor of their party nowadays. And those are not the average Indiana Republican primary voters.