How Big Is The Bannon Wing Of The Republican Party?

[tsuke]

good article from 538. I think this part is most telling

1. They are for or against the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Which we’ll use as a proxy for free trade.)
2. The U.S. should send troops to help the United Nations uphold international law.2 (Involvement in the international community.)
3. The U.S. government should identify and deport immigrants in the country illegally. (Illegal immigration.)
4. Their local police should receive a grade of A (excellent), B (above average), C (average), D (below average) or F (poor).
5. Their state government should increase spending on infrastructure. (Infrastructure spending.)

Perhaps the most telling sign that Bannon’s positions represent a major part of the modern Republican Party is the percentage of Trump voters who disagree with all of the five key Bannon-esque policy stances listed above. It’s less than 2 percent. Whether the Republican mainstream likes it or not, a little bit of Bannonism is in pretty much every Republican voter.

edit: forgot to post the article

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...ublican-party/

[blackascoal]

I agree .. and therein lies the limits of Bannon's power.

It only reaches the minds of a subset of republicans, even if that subset is the majority of republicans.

[Bill]

I hear the plan is to widdle them down.......

It seems his hit list has plenty of ppl in the gop so the decent folk are going to have to make some choices @ some point.........

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1. They are for or against the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Which we’ll use as a proxy for free trade.)

I am for free trade.

2. The U.S. should send troops to help the United Nations uphold international law.2 (Involvement in the international community.)

No.

3. The U.S. government should identify and deport immigrants in the country illegally. (Illegal immigration.)

Yes.

4. Their local police should receive a grade of A (excellent), B (above average), C (average), D (below average) or F (poor).

Mine should receive a B-

5. Their state government should increase spending on infrastructure. (Infrastructure spending.)

Yes.

I have no idea what this makes me. Racist I guess?

[Bill]

I am for free trade.
No.
Yes.
Mine should receive a B-
Yes.

I have no idea what this makes me. Racist I guess?

Wise ass. ....lol Some states have lil or no money for that.....

Our parents & grandparents paid very high taxes to build those roads & bridges & we are watching them crumble.........

[Sailor]

Wise ass. ....lol Some states have lil or no money for that.....

Our parents & grandparents paid very high taxes to build those roads & bridges & we are watching them crumble.........

I bet in those same places there is some huge, new stadium though......

[dukkha]

we're gonna have to use privatization for infrastructure spending. we can't afford another Obama stimulus.
Our national debt doubled under Obama to 105% of our GDP now

[Bill]

I bet in those same places there is some huge, new stadium though......

Sad & prob true...... They did that here. Built a brand new place for the Sacto Kings, worst franchise in the NBA.. They threaten to leave if the zillionare owners don't get everything they want.......

Shame......

[Sailor]

Sad & prob true...... They did that here. Built a brand new place for the Sacto Kings, worst franchise in the NBA.. They threaten to leave if the zillionare owners don't get everything they want.......

Shame......

Politicians. They really need to get their priorities state nationwide.

[Getin the ring]

what a meaningless question to ask, non relevant

NEXT

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good article from 538. I think this part is most telling

1. They are for or against the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Which we’ll use as a proxy for free trade.)
2. The U.S. should send troops to help the United Nations uphold international law.2 (Involvement in the international community.)
3. The U.S. government should identify and deport immigrants in the country illegally. (Illegal immigration.)
4. Their local police should receive a grade of A (excellent), B (above average), C (average), D (below average) or F (poor).
5. Their state government should increase spending on infrastructure. (Infrastructure spending.)

Perhaps the most telling sign that Bannon’s positions represent a major part of the modern Republican Party is the percentage of Trump voters who disagree with all of the five key Bannon-esque policy stances listed above. It’s less than 2 percent. Whether the Republican mainstream likes it or not, a little bit of Bannonism is in pretty much every Republican voter.


2% : )

I wouldn't disagree with these numbers, but more importantly than what Republicans think about these issues, what do democrats think about these issues?

many more democrats disagree with illegal immigration than the toxic Antifa left that has taken over the democrat party
many more democrats oppose TPP

But, the issue that really galvanizes people and has turned them off from the democrat party is the fact that the democrat party made a conscious choice to abandon white working class people. And not only did they abandon them, but on the way out the door they called them racists full of white privilege.

Well, when you are an out of work coal miner sitting at your dinner table with a pile of bills trying to figure out how you are going to feed your family, the last thing you want to hear from the BAC Panther/TTQ/Deshtard/KKKHristiefan wing of the democrat party is that you are guilty of having white fucking privilege.

It is an offensive notion to these people and they are abandoning the democrat party in droves. Coming up with some economic message will not fix that fissure.

The democrat party made a calculation that "demographics were their destiny" so they decided to shit on white voters. The 2016 should have disabused them of that notion, but they are slow learners

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Wise ass.

lol, I know. The things I've been called racist for on this board ...

[tsuke]

I am for free trade.
No.
Yes.
Mine should receive a B-
Yes.

I have no idea what this makes me. Racist I guess?

neo nazi i guess.

[tsuke]

i forgot to link the original article its up now.

[Darth Omar]

lol, I know. The things I've been called racist for on this board ...

I've been called a racist by the board race hustlers and a 'wretched white hater' by the board racist lol.

Which means I'm probably in the right spot.