Former President Trump’s decision to skip the first Republican presidential primary debate is fueling Republican angst that his rivals will have little opportunity to catch up to him in the polls.

    • grue@lemmy.ml
      62·
      1 year ago

      Because the Republicans currently have the support of something like 20% more of the population than the NAZIs did when they seized power.

      Remember, unlike folks who believe in democracy, tyrants don’t need a majority to win.

      This is an extremely dangerous time for liberty in the US, and complacent attitudes like yours are only increasing the danger.

    • Lmaydev@programming.dev
      19·
      1 year ago

      The rebulicans have plenty of politicians in power besides the president. As long as the voters favour trump they’ll need to appease them to get into the other houses.

      In an ideal world it will split there vote allowing massive dem gains. But that hasn’t happened yet.

      • RGB3x3@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 year ago

        If there’s anything the GOP is good at, it’s mobilizing and motivating their voters. When they are all so alike, it’s easy to get them to agree on the stupid shit.

        The democrats have the issue of diversity, which makes it hard to motivate large groups of people on a single issue. Love the diversity for the strength it brings, but it makes it hard to feel you’re getting adequate representation in a two-party, first-past-the-post system no matter who you are.

        I wouldn’t trade the diversity for the mess the GOP is though.