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’.”
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."
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.
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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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’.”
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."
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.
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."