4" of snow and the government closes, yet people manage to get to the Iowa caucus despite much worse weather. Doesn't THAT tell a story |
My prediction is that NH won't be as easy for Trump as Iowa was. New England conservatives tend to be conservative in a more traditional sense than in a populist MAGA sense. That isn't to say there are no MAGAs in NH, there certainly are, but I suspect there are a lot of NH Republicans who don't care for Trump. |
Again, Trump only got a tick above 50% out of a very low turnout and nearly half didn't vote for someone who essentially is the GOP incumbent.
Combine that with Iowa having previously voted for Huckaby, Sanotrum and Cruz, I think it's safe to say that Iowa means almost nothing, despite the media breathlessly making something out of it. |
Then you are not paying attention. SBA loans to minority businesses Student debt relief to millions of students of color direct subsidies to HBCUs Seriously you are spouting off on this without any knowledge of what Biden has done during his presidency. |
More likely they stay home. they are not going to vote for someone who wants to deport them, and it is more likely that they will see Biden as the lessor of two evils as the US continues to pull away from Netanyahu. |
44% of the voters fought the weather to vote for a candidate they knew couldn't win. That says something there. |
Independents can vote in the NH primary. That’s why Haley is expected to do well. |
Who are the new voters since 2016 or 2020 who are going to gravitate to Trump? Anyone coming of age (ie 18-16) came of age with gun drills in schools, COVID and related shutdowns, and abortion being taken away. These voters, who are VERY motivated, skew 62% for Biden. Add to that the republican women who espoused to be pro-life but with exceptions, being horrified by what Texas has done with penalizing women, same with Ohio. And that is republican women. Indpendent women have already shown in Kansas and Ohio voters will do when womens health is on the ballot. And then most people who actually follow the news can make the case that Biden has steered the US out of the dumpster fire economy that Trump left the first time, that the US economy is the envy of the world, that the inflation in the US is the lowest in the world (except Japan) - so it is a global issue that Biden policies help mitigate eventhough it is still an issue. On global affairs, the US is reestablished as the leader of the pack, and if the GOP would fund Ukraine, the Ukrainians could defeat Russia and end the threat that Putin poses. Instead, the GOP withholding aid has embolded iran, Russia and China to sabre-rattle, causing the issues we have right now in Gaza, Taiwan and Yeman. |
Cause he suuuuucks |
THIS. This is Iowa's quadrennial moment in the sun before we go back to ignoring it. Trump winning is no surprise. Let's move on. |
Trump will never pick DeSantis or Haley as VP. Both have said (softly) "mean" things about him. He wants a stoolie. I bet he picks Kristie Noem. She's crazy and good-looking enough for him. |
What’s fascinating is legal immigrants/naturalized US citizens are the most upset about illegal immigration and make up a sizable but not talked about part of Trumps base . Nobody despises illegal immigration more than actual naturalized citizens/legal immigrants who went the right way about going things and had to pay their way in with immigration lawyers, green cards, taking the citizenship exam, learning English and civics to take the exam. Most US born citizens can’t even pass the US citizenship exam-I don’t think Trump can even pas. Most Americans can’t name the three branches of government or Nine SC judges or checks and balances of power . It’s a tedious process to become a naturalized U.S. citizen and most immigrants are very proud of it and rightfully so. Imagine how maddening it feels for them that others get to cut the line and get paid for it with housing, food, healthcare, and jobs. All the accommodations without speaking a word of English or coming here legally. It is unfair |
Wait so all the Iowa Republicans who had to fly back home to go caucus had their flights cancelled so they couldn’t show? Is this seriously what you’re trying to tell us? |
Iowa farmers also get Trump's hypocritical subsidies from the damage caused by his failed tariff policies. |
Funny. Trump keeps saying he won in 2020. Is he lying? |