I’ve been thinking a lot about the election lately, and there’s something that still concerns me greatly regarding the polls and the election. Long story short: Polls are probably wrong, but laugh them off at your own risk. But I think there’s a gaping problem in the election strategy for Republicans and even Trump himself.
Sure, Americans see the protests and the riots and the violence and the loss of our freedoms, BUT are they really making the connection between this dystopia and the Democrat Party itself? Are they still buying the line of “peaceful protests”?
The problem is that we (and the Trump campaign) don’t seem to have drawn a “smoking gun” connecting this dystopia of lost heritage, communism, socialism, riots, police defunding and other madness to Biden himself, and the Democrats more generally. Just because ordinary Americans are disgusted with the riots and protests and destruction and fed up with the endless lockdowns doesn’t mean that they’re making the causal connection between this madness, Joe Biden, and the Democrat Party.
I fully agree with Bill Whittle – We need to see President Trump get in front of things, show he’s in charge, stay on topic, show us his second-term plans and even MORE importantly, make this clear in no uncertain terms that the madness we’re seeing right now is only a preview of the hell that is to come. Crushing taxes, Green New Deal, spiking energy prices, crashing stock markets. Uncontrolled illegal immigration, an end to fossil fuels, and crushing school choice which will hurt urban communities of color the most!
Most Americans, regardless of political class, have taxes that are too high. They all want more school choice for their kids. They all have investments in the stock market through IRAs and pensions which will crash if they give the Democrats control. They are having trouble making ends meet even before the spike in gas and energy prices that are inevitable. They will not recognize their schools or neighborhoods any more. They will have higher taxes and less choice. This country will be destroyed and they need to be woken up before it’s too late, because I think they just don’t believe it. I would like to believe that no way are American voters so gullible that they will fall for the anti-Trump narrative when it comes to things like Covid response and race relations, and make such a reckless voting decision because they don’t like the tone of his tweets.
This election will be won in groups like suburban women which turned against Republicans in 2018. His base (which he has not seemingly made efforts to grow) is optimistically 30-35% of likely voters. Where’s that other 20-25% going to come from? And that’s without accounting for the fraud that we know is coming. Go into the inner cities that are hit hardest by Covid and these protests. Go into Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Denver, Las Vegas, into the suburbs of New Hampshire. I really believe that Colorado, New Hampshire, Nevada, and even Minnesota are flippable! Yes Trump won the rust belt states by very small margins but he lost those other states by very small margins too. MINNESOTA CAN GO RED, I truly believe it.
It’s also shown that Trump’s poll numbers improve when he makes great speeches like Mt. Rushmore, like the State of the Union, when he seems powerful and in control – you know, “presidential.” He can still be himself but be more focused and disciplined and not go for the shiny objects. People are not choosing their President by whether or not he eats Goya products or sleeps on a MyPillow. Tweets about “law and order” and lambasting Democrat mayors and governors play well to the base, but Americans are saying, “Fine, but what are you doing to help with this?” (Assuming they’re even connecting this madness to a Democrat victory, and even that assumes they’re not buying the Democrat lies about “peaceful protests.”) They want to know there’s someone in command, in charge, with strong and firm messaging and in this case will draw a clear line between his Presidency and show us the direct line between Biden and the madness we’re seeing now, and the dystopia that will follow with a Biden Presidency.
So Trump, and we his supporters, need to do a MUCH better job of NAILING HOME that connection. Don’t just put out some tweets about “law and order,” SHOW us that Biden = chaos, that Biden = anti-America, that Biden = recession. Make it crystal clear, in no uncertain terms, that our country as we know it is over if the Democrats get in control. He needs to make that causal connection, or even moderate Democrat voters who love America and hate the riots will vote Democrat anyway because they think this is still the same Democrat party they’ve been voting for for 50 years, and the world is still “fine.”
On one hand, I can’t believe that American voters are so gullible they’ll give up all that we gained over the first 3 years over what… bad Tweets, that Trump’s messaging could be better? On the other, is Trump disciplined enough to really drive home the difference between him and Biden and the dystopian consequences, the connections between the Marxist madness and the Democrats? Are the polls really that wrong? Will the silent majority come out?
Probably, but I’d rather not count on those things alone. I’d rather be chicken little now than have the sky fall on me on November 3.
2 replies on “The silent majority, fed up with the chaos undertaking our country, will rise up and reject Democrat rule in November (or will they?)”
David,
Agree with much of what you have said but there are lessons to be learnt from the 2018 mid terms, the Australian Federal Election in May 2019 and the British General Election Dec 2019. Firstly the shift back to the democrats in the mid terms was assumed to be a shift of sentiment and the Democrats think it is part of the move back to the left after the 2016 shift to the right. I suspect that just like Australia, Americans like a balance in the arms of government hence while they wanted a conservative senate and Trump to improve the Courts and they sought to put a check on Trump by having a Democratic majority in Congress. In short there was an element of normality but the left haven’t given up and like the ALP in Australia and the British Labour Party they have been infiltrated by Greens and Radical socialists.So there is a message to the Democrats that resounded well with the Brits and to a lessor degree with Australians and that was it you want to save your republic then you need two balanced parties so you can do the balance that you sought in 2018. And to do that you need to dump the left hard on their arse by a landslide swing across the board to the Republicans. Only when the radicals are punished and the supporters realise that the hard earned donations where wasted will they be motivated for change.
If you have democratic friends then use this argument that only if they move more moderate can they be trusted with the public’s trust, the alignment with
Defund the Police
Antifa
BLM
The total focus on the Black voter
Identity politics and
Insane energy policy, and
the fact that they are absorbed by TDS
should worry all but the insane.
As a meme said today
America is not divided by Race, Color, Gender or Sexual Orientation
America is divided into wise people and fools
The fools divide themselves by Race, Color, Gender or Sexual Orientation
Back to the lessons from Australia and Britain
The left were convinced that they had it in the bag and in Australia they had a celebration dinner the night before the election and in the UK they doubled down on freebies and became anti British pro Europe. Result was a badly flawed Conservative party won in Australia, close but a win and in Britain the so called Labour wall in the North gave the Conservatives an 80 seat majority. Like Trump the Australian PM and the British PM are not hard right but they enjoy a a popularity and share an anti China sentiment. I believe Americans will rise up against the Dems and punish them for the arrogance displayed in the cities and states under their control as well as the supreme contempt they and the media show in the ceaseless attempts to get Trump. Not only that but the Pedo revelations, Durham’s report and charges and the clear links to China will help sell the primary message to democrats, if you ever want to trust them again, punish them now, they children need a spanking.
I do hope you’re right. I do think however that the #1 reason for loss of the House in 2018 was the GOP majority’s ineffectiveness in its 8 years, particularly the last 2. Had they been more in alignment with Trump’s agenda, had they kept the promises such lower spending and taxes that got them the majority through the Tea Party, they should have at least kept the majority. They had 2 years to drain the swamp, to steamroll more strict immigration control, end Obamacare, hold the FBI & DOJ responsible for Russia-gate, and fix the voting rolls but they blew it. Two years of Republicans in the House, Senate, and White House and all we got out of it was a half-assed tax cut? I’m disturbed by the GOP’s constant ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. President Trump will not be nearly enough to save the party from its own pusillanimity.