Trump’s approval rating among Republican voters was like 95%. His approval rating among Republican politicians was probably 10%. That’s about the proportion we saw publicly supporting him. The leadership of the Republican Party is clearly and wildly out of step with its voters. Of course this manifested as widespread sabotage of populist and nationalist candidates by their “own party”.
What we are seeing now is the considerable downside that comes with refusing to start a third party. Would doing such a thing all but guarantee defeat in the short term? Yes - but how would that differ from what’s happening now? We knowingly went to war with traitors everywhere. How could we win?
I have no idea what the actual approval was. I'm still fine with the Mises Caucus taking over the NH Libertarian Party, so that's what a genuine political third party looks like. But, as is the point, you kinda have to take over a full state to make the point. I think the MAGA movement has that in a few states, like Florida, Ohio, and Texas.
What all of this shows to me is that getting your guy into a keystone position of power isn't enough without significant structural support or sympathy. We just gotta keep beatin' up the ground game at the local level.
Trump’s approval rating among Republican voters was like 95%. His approval rating among Republican politicians was probably 10%. That’s about the proportion we saw publicly supporting him. The leadership of the Republican Party is clearly and wildly out of step with its voters. Of course this manifested as widespread sabotage of populist and nationalist candidates by their “own party”.
What we are seeing now is the considerable downside that comes with refusing to start a third party. Would doing such a thing all but guarantee defeat in the short term? Yes - but how would that differ from what’s happening now? We knowingly went to war with traitors everywhere. How could we win?
I have no idea what the actual approval was. I'm still fine with the Mises Caucus taking over the NH Libertarian Party, so that's what a genuine political third party looks like. But, as is the point, you kinda have to take over a full state to make the point. I think the MAGA movement has that in a few states, like Florida, Ohio, and Texas.
What all of this shows to me is that getting your guy into a keystone position of power isn't enough without significant structural support or sympathy. We just gotta keep beatin' up the ground game at the local level.