Comment by PlatoIsADisease

1 month ago

I'm not talking about the politician, but rather the base of supporters who quickly supported things that would have been trashed if the other team did it.

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seanmcdirmid  1 month ago

You are charactituring their supporters just like you are the politicians. There is a wide swatch of opposition to Trump: moderates like me, and far lefties that I don't normally agree with on much. Most of the opposition to Trump are from moderates (most Americans are in the middle somewhere), although the most visible opposition is are the far left activist types (because...well...they specialize in visibility). They weren't protesting tariffs, they are protesting ICE, so really they are pretty ideological consistent.

  • PlatoIsADisease  1 month ago

    Again, I'm not talking about moderates. I'm talking about party loyalists.

    I admittedly am part of a trade organization, so I am quite friendly to both teams. Call what I see intuition. I usually place these numbers at:

    >Total Loyalists: 30-40%

    >Ideological Believers: 30-40%

    >Ambitious Opportunists: 30%

    • seanmcdirmid  1 month ago

      > I'm talking about party loyalists.

      Party loyalists are moderates, the far left is the one that doesn't turn out to vote when Democrats aren't pursuing their agenda, they were the ones to get on the Bernie train, etc...

      > Call what I see intuition.

      Sure, it is obviously not fact driven.

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