Just as confusing as all the immigrants who voted for Trump despite him promising to deport them all. There are a lot of smooth brains out there with the right to vote.
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Agreed on both. Congress was intended to be the dominant branch of government and the two-party system emerged by accident rather than design. A viable third (or fourth or fifth) party could change congressional dynamics for the better.
Younger voters and candidates seem to have a better sense of class consciousness and don’t carry the Cold War era stigmas around “socialism” that the Boomer generation, and to a lesser degree, Gen X retain.
The problem is that nothing is new here. Americans generally seem to be pretty conservative on immigration and also consistently disapprove of Trump's extreme approach to immigration (we saw similar stories when it came out that Trump 1.0 was putting kids in cages). Despite this, if there was an election today and the central issue was immigration, Trump would still win every time imo. Immigration is one of the key issues that has kept him viable over the years.The fissures in the MAGA contingent are forming more visibly and, as with the falling out with Musk, I figured it was only a matter of time before the conspiracy theorist faction turned against Trump.
Trump rips 'so-called' friends' attacks on Bondi, tells MAGA to move on from Epstein
MAGA allies have been assailing the attorney general since the DOJ said a review "revealed no incriminating 'client list'" tied to Jeffrey Epstein.www.usatoday.com
On another note: More Americans are becoming pro-immigration again.
Maybe militarized ICE raids changed a few minds on the subject.
Edit: the PBS article says more Americans agree immigration is a good thing but they also simply don’t want to decrease immigration levels more than they have already decreased.
Poll shows how U.S. views of immigration have changed since Trump took office
Since taking office, Trump has called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to do all in its power to deliver “the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.”
Maybe things will get better and we’ll get a Dem congressional majority (either chamber) in the mid terms to finally have some semblance of checks and balances back.
I think this is the calculation behind passing the bill last week. I don't think it's so much that Republicans think they can steal the next election, but if losing control of congress is a sure bet in 2026, why not pass the most ambitious policy agenda possible now? It's going to be really hard for a Democratic trifecta to undo a lot of this legislation.
You are spot on about the Republicans rushing legislation through while they can.
imo this is just something that the anti-Trump people just misunderstand about his support. There are definitely some ultradumb maga people who like to say Trump fooled them as if he had previously presented as an honest person (we had one person on here who was trying to act surprised about his actions not that long ago). But I strongly feel that these people are a minority within his support. People know that he is a liar and they vote for him anyway. The fact that this (along with other unsavory qualities) is baked in is one of the things that keeps his floor for support so high. Nothing could come out that would take away a significant amount of support from him because everybody has already decided to accept these things when voting for him in the first place.
