Trump’s recent Iowa “big” win needs to be examined a bit, since it was a caucus, only a part of the Iowa electorate (1.76 % exactly) supports Trump. By far, the largest group of voters in the state are independent, they don’t have a caucus! I would like to think there are many independent voters who believe it would be better to avoid a candidate with a possibility of becoming the first chief executive guilty of federal crimes who, as president, could pardon himself!
Even with a win of half of the caucus attendees at the Republican caucus, what where the others thinking? Quite naturally, this operation is not inclusive of the entire party (718,902 Registered Republicans) since many Republican voters didn’t attend the caucus. Their voice will be heard at the polling place as to what they think of Trump, even those who may split their ticket or simply not vote for either candidate for President.
My guess is people are simply fed up with politics, and what they are looking for is a strong leader to fix all their problems. A short history lesson will tell you quickly how that turns out. Hitler and Mussolini were both strong men in countries facing problems and their voters supported them unconditionally. How that came out was far worse than they ever imagined. Keep in mind, Hitler’s “final solution” is not far from Trump’s solution for the border. Have we not learned from our past mistakes with things like locking up American citizens based on their race? Or excluding people from citizenship because they were “oriental”. Emigration policy currently protects who from what, exactly? Many of our forebearers came to this country and signed first papers that said you wanted to be a citizen and five years later you signed your second papers and if you hadn’t been a problem, you were in! No fuss, no muss! People suggesting that they want people to come in, but must do it legally, well that could be fixed quickly if there were no restrictions, couldn’t it?
👍should be very interesting to see what happens with the caucus in 2028?
Excellent observations. Thank you for reporting on this.
Trump’s recent Iowa “big” win needs to be examined a bit, since it was a caucus, only a part of the Iowa electorate (1.76 % exactly) supports Trump. By far, the largest group of voters in the state are independent, they don’t have a caucus! I would like to think there are many independent voters who believe it would be better to avoid a candidate with a possibility of becoming the first chief executive guilty of federal crimes who, as president, could pardon himself!
Even with a win of half of the caucus attendees at the Republican caucus, what where the others thinking? Quite naturally, this operation is not inclusive of the entire party (718,902 Registered Republicans) since many Republican voters didn’t attend the caucus. Their voice will be heard at the polling place as to what they think of Trump, even those who may split their ticket or simply not vote for either candidate for President.
My guess is people are simply fed up with politics, and what they are looking for is a strong leader to fix all their problems. A short history lesson will tell you quickly how that turns out. Hitler and Mussolini were both strong men in countries facing problems and their voters supported them unconditionally. How that came out was far worse than they ever imagined. Keep in mind, Hitler’s “final solution” is not far from Trump’s solution for the border. Have we not learned from our past mistakes with things like locking up American citizens based on their race? Or excluding people from citizenship because they were “oriental”. Emigration policy currently protects who from what, exactly? Many of our forebearers came to this country and signed first papers that said you wanted to be a citizen and five years later you signed your second papers and if you hadn’t been a problem, you were in! No fuss, no muss! People suggesting that they want people to come in, but must do it legally, well that could be fixed quickly if there were no restrictions, couldn’t it?