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Jun 18, 2022·edited Jun 18, 2022Liked by Andrew Van Wagner

With all this in mind, why is it that the GOP is leading all generic Congressional ballots by an average of 3 points and are projected to take back at least the House? Does the voting public hate democracy and crave authoritarianism as well?

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Thanks for commenting!

I think that there are a few components to the issue of whether GOP voters "crave authoritarianism".

In the piece I give this quote and that shows how there are different attitudes:

“We need to acknowledge that that’s where Republicans are: they either subscribe to the big lie outright; or they feel queasy about the specifics of the big lie, but consider Democratic governance illegitimate nonetheless; or, at the very least, they think anything is justified to defeat ‘the left’.”

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Jun 18, 2022·edited Jun 18, 2022Liked by Andrew Van Wagner

GOP base and general public are different. Yes, the GOP base is clearly nuts, I agree with you on that.

If you’re up 3 in a generic Congressional ballot, that means you have a significant amount of independents on board with you too. Either that or Dems are not going out to vote, also a problem.

In 2010 when the GOP took back the house, they were even with the Democrats in polling on generic Congressional ballots. When they took back the Senate in 2014, they were even in polling too. Why the massive shift to the GOP in polling right now? +3 is the largest lead they have ever had in generic Congressional ballots.

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I don't know what the story is regarding independents; I'll look into it and get back to you on that front.

My friend commented on the previous issue that we were discussing:

"The answer is simple. Republicans passionately believe in democracy. That’s why they are so outraged that the election was stolen by people who want to destroy the White race while they’re grooming children for sex predators. You gave the statistics."

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Jun 18, 2022·edited Jun 18, 2022Liked by Andrew Van Wagner

I am not asking about the GOP base. We can laugh and make all the sarcastic comments we want, it is fun and easy.

The more important question though is why is the GOP winning handily in generic Congressional ballot polling and slated to take over at least the House this election? Those are more important questions that need to be answered. It is more complicated than simply saying the American public hates democracy.

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By the way, the situation with the GOP base is terrifying; it's not a laughing matter of course. I know that you weren't implying otherwise, but it's important to clarify that, since people naturally often can't keep a straight face when talking about QAnon.

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My friend said this about the issue of support for the GOP:

"It’s clear from polls. It’s an anti-Biden vote. Biden is blamed for failure to achieve anything—thanks to the GOP technique of killing everything. He’s blamed (unfairly) for inflation, for Ukraine, for everything that’s going wrong—which is plenty."

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Jun 18, 2022Liked by Andrew Van Wagner

I agree, the GOP base has gone to Crazytown. That is is why I find the questions I mentioned earlier important. I picked up sarcasm from your friend’s comments you sent along. Anti-Biden sentiment makes sense.

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