I don’t want to jump the gun and say Harris is sure to win but I’ve been wondering in what direction the Republican Party will go if Trump loses again.
Let’s say Harris wins by a slightly larger margin than Biden did in 2020 (all the same states Biden won+North Carolina), this would be Trump doing worse in each election and Republicans losing 4 of the last 5 elections.
In this scenario, does the Republican Party reject Trumpism and try to moderate themselves or do they triple down and keep moving further to the right?
In the aftermath of the 2012 election, Republicans made a game plan to moderate their stances on social issues to try and do better with minorities, women, LGBT people and young voters but Trump came along and ruined those plans. Do they go back to that plan?
If they do reject Trump and moderate themselves, does Trump go third party and split up the party in half?
GOP-Prides themselves on being the “Party of Reagan”, promotes fiscal conservatism and free trade while focusing less on social issues.
MAGA-party of Trump/authoritarianism, isolationist/protectionist, anti-immigration and strong focus on social issues.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
