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DonViejo

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Wed Mar 24, 2021, 12:30 PM Mar 2021

This Is What Trump-Biden Voters Think About the Republican Party. Spoiler: It's not very nice.

This Is What Trump-Biden Voters Think About the Republican Party
Spoiler: It’s not very nice.

by RICH THAU MARCH 23, 2021 5:35 AM

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Iconvened two focus groups of six voters each last week to ask the following question: “Imagine the Republican party—the totality of the party—was a person, just one person. What characteristics would this person have?”

I was not asking them to describe any particular person, but rather to “pretend that the attributes you associate with the Republican party were encapsulated in one person.”

The answers these Trump-Biden voters gave were interesting, and may shed light on how four years of Donald Trump have affected perceptions of the party. The first group was composed of five independents and one Democrat. Their responses were:

Stubborn
Conservative
Unreliable
Selfish
Greedy
Ultra-capitalist
Closed-minded
Ultra-religious
Anti-immigrant
Hypocritical

The second group contained three Republicans, two independents, and one libertarian. Their responses were:

Fiercely loyal
Fiscally conservative
Responsible
Egotistical
More extreme
Rudderless
Narcissistic
Controlling
Elitist
Fearful
Passionate
Inconsistent
Divided

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https://thebulwark.com/this-is-what-trump-biden-voters-think-about-the-republican-party/

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This Is What Trump-Biden Voters Think About the Republican Party. Spoiler: It's not very nice. (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2021 OP
The "fiscally conservative" thing is such a total crock. We really need to address that, and Scrivener7 Mar 2021 #1
The most obvious descriptor missing from BOTH lists: RACIST! hlthe2b Mar 2021 #2

Scrivener7

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1. The "fiscally conservative" thing is such a total crock. We really need to address that, and
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 12:39 PM
Mar 2021

we never do.

The DEMOCRATS are the party of fiscal responsibility and have been for at least a generation. Republicans routinely blow up the economy and Democrats routinely have to bring it back.

We really need to get some kind of messaging program to get those facts into the heads of these idiots.

(PS: I changed my name, y'all! I used to be Squinch.)

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