A new poll has revealed changing attitudes to Trump from his Republican supporters.

One in three Republican voters would have preferred a different candidate to Donald Trump for the upcoming presidential election.

In March, the former president won enough primary races to secure the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election.

However, according to a survey of 1,003 Americans by Canadian polling firm Leger, Trump does not command the full support of his base and 33 percent of this demographic would have preferred another politician. Meanwhile, this proportion is higher (47 percent) among Republican voters aged 18 to 34 years old.

  • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
    23·
    6 months ago

    The whole Democrat approach has been “we aren’t donald trump” for the last 8 years.

    Stopped right there because it’s obvious that this whole post won’t be rooted in reality. Biden has almost gone out of his way to avoid mentioning trump. Not that he hasn’t at all, but he has focused primarily on his accomplishments.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
      12·
      6 months ago

      Absolutley correct. Let’s watch those downvotes pour in from the tankie brigade.

      Idiots to the left of me Fascists to the right Here I am stuck in the middle with you

    • EldritchFeminity
      9·
      6 months ago

      Democrats have been funding the most extremist and crazy of their opponents in political races for years now because it’s a lot easier to run on the policy of “At least I’m not that guy” than it is to actually convince people to vote for you based on your policies and agenda. Hell, some lady wrote a book about how she did it to win a seat, only to lose to that same guy in the very next election.

      It’s one of the oldest and most effective campaign strategies there is, but it keeps biting Democrats in the ass and they keep trying it anyways. Democrats seem to think that moderate Republicans will vote for them over the extremist candidate, but Republicans don’t care about who the candidate is so long as they’re a Republican.

      • Optional@lemmy.world
        11·
        6 months ago

        Unless you want to pretend that Joe Biden is the whole of the Democrats, that hardly seems relevant.

        In a presidential election? Uh, yeah. It’s relevant. Ok? Ok.

          • Optional@lemmy.world
            3·
            6 months ago

            The whole liberal media establishment is backing Joe Biden

            Yeah that danged liberal media establishment

              • Optional@lemmy.world
                3·
                6 months ago

                “The liberal media establishment” is a right-wing meme pushed by fox news, talk radio, and, yes, Russia Today for almost thirty years now.

                The “media establishment” such as it can be recognized as singular, and with specific regard to political reporting, is conservative. Not liberal.

                Broadway, is liberal. Except for maybe Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark. Or Cats. But anyway.

                Sarcasm is the inevitable result of hearing right-wing talking points unendingly.

                  • Optional@lemmy.world
                    3·
                    6 months ago

                    with CBS’ Evening News, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times ranking second, third and fourth most liberal behind the news pages of The Wall Street Journal.

                    The WSJ is the most left of center of all of them? Really. You totally buy that don’t you. That’s - yeah. Wow.

                    No, you’re sarcastic because you’re absolutely terrible at making arguments, you don’t actually understand your position, and you’re a self-righteous bigot who thinks you’re so intellectually superior to anyone with a different worldview that you don’t even have to bother to actually engage, you can just mock, deride and dismiss. You’re an NPC. That is exactly how NPCs act.

                    I disagree. And your understanding of an NPC comes from tankie 4chan world which just cements the impression that you’re a kid who is in the stage of knowing everything and will get fooled again.

                    Everybody goes through it; growing up is a difficult and thankless task that takes way too long. Hopefully you’ll get to do things you like doing with people you like soon. I’m guessing you wouldn’t appreciate some rando you think you’ve been arguing with saying good luck, so y’know. Uh. Live long and prosper? In a good way, that is.

      • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        6 months ago

        Well, considering he is the de factor leader of the Democratic party right now, it’s enough to point out that it is not “the whole democratic approach.”

        Oh and look you found someone who shares your opinion. But not even really because they aren’t saying it’s their whole strategy, but a pitch that doesn’t work, nor certainly it’s not referring to the entire last 8 years.

    • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
      4·
      6 months ago

      Cool! I’m not voting Biden because of his support for the genocide of Palestinians.

      3… 2… 1…

      • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
        9·
        6 months ago

        Good for you and you’re vanity vote. Really working to make a difference.

        • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
          5·
          6 months ago

          Vanity has nothing to do with it. I’m not voting for him because I don’t like what he’s doing, simple as that.

          • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
            8·
            6 months ago

            It doesn’t do anything, making it pointless. It just makes you feel like you’re doing something, without actually doing anything.

            It’s absolutely 100% vanity.

            • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
              3·
              6 months ago

              An individual vote doesn’t really affect the outcome regardless of who you vote for. From that perspective, sure, all votes are just about vanity, I suppose.

              But personally, I think it’s worth the time to go out and try to promote politicians I support. To each their own, I guess.

              • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
                7·
                6 months ago

                From that perspective

                That’s not the perspective I’m coming from.

                But personally, I think it’s worth the time to go out and try to promote politicians I support.

                That’s the thing: voting third party doesn’t really do anything to promote a candidate.

                If you want to change the system to promote candidates you want, go out and actually do something so you can vote for who you truly want in a presidential election. That’s how you actually promote politicians you want to support. Voting third party is just, as I said, pure vanity.

                • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
                  2·
                  6 months ago

                  That’s the thing: voting third party doesn’t really do anything to promote a candidate.

                  Really? Why not? You’ve said this several times now with zero explanation.

                  If a party reaches 5% of the vote, they’re eligible for federal campaign funding. I believe 15% is the threshold for TV debates. Bringing them closer to that goal really seems like it’s promoting them. Parties tend to get more attention as they get more votes.

                  Either way, I have no interest in promoting a candidate I’m opposed to. If voting for someone I support doesn’t do anything, I’d just stay home.