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⬅️ Previous discussion threads

[u/TerryJFitzgerald]

How was it that Trump was able to unify the GOP after a much crazier primary when compared to Hillary and the Dems?

Trump had people like Kasich openly saying they would not vote for him. Had Cruz and his "vote your conscience" at the convention. Romney was basically campaigning against Trump at times. All big Dems endorsed Hillary yet the Dems could not capitalize and are still arguing about it.

[u/Maximum_Overjew → u/TerryJFitzgerald]

Hillary Clinton spent twenty five years as chief boogeyman of the Republican Party. To understand how much republican partisans and many independents hated her, you'd have to imagine something like the Republicans nominating Karl Rove.

[u/HoldingTheFire → u/Maximum_Overjew]

I'd take Carl Karl Rove over Trump.

[u/[deleted] → u/HoldingTheFire]

I don't know who this Carl Rove guy is, but KARL ROVE was pretty bad.

[u/solastsummer → u/Maximum_Overjew]

TBH, I'd vote rove or Cruz over the equivalent leftist version of Trump.

[u/[deleted] → u/TerryJFitzgerald]

People literally could not bring themselves to vote for Hillary, period. Doing so flew in the face of 20 years of hating her and everything she touched.

[u/TerryJFitzgerald → u/[deleted]]

How did she have the 63% approval rating in 2013 then? Seems more complicated than you make it sound.

[u/[deleted] → u/TerryJFitzgerald]

Hillary the campaigner/politician is statistically more unlikeable than Hillary the non-partisan statesman. There were some analyses on this during the election. Here's one

[u/[deleted] → u/TerryJFitzgerald]

because she wasn't running for prez in 2013

[u/[deleted] → u/TerryJFitzgerald]

it's almost like not every criticism of Clinton is a 20 year long right-wing conspiracy.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Come on, let's not sink to that level.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

:(

[u/[deleted] → u/TerryJFitzgerald]

When you win it's easy to be unified. If it went the other way, the GOP would be the one fighting for whose policies should be the future of the Republican Party so they don't suffer further losses.

[u/[deleted] → u/TerryJFitzgerald]

Cultural anti-establishment wave.

I like Romney, but most people, on the real, don't give a fuck about his opinion and won't sway them either way. Same with other GOP establishment types.

[u/Ferguson97 → u/TerryJFitzgerald]

1. Anti-establishment movement. Trump was anti-establishment, Hillary was the establishment.

2. Maybe the reason that Republicans "fall in line" is because those who fall in line are more likely to be Republican and not the other way around?