Johnstown Never Believed Trump Would Help. They Still Love Him Anyway.
polling continues to show that—in spite of unprecedented unpopularity—nearly all people who voted for Trump would do it again. But as I compared this year’s answers to last year’s responses it seemed clear that the basis of people’s support had morphed. Johnstown voters do not intend to hold the president accountable for the nonnegotiable pledges he made to them. It’s not that the people who made Trump president have generously moved the goalposts for him. It’s that they have eliminated the goalposts altogether.
This reality ought to get the attention of anyone who thinks they will win in 2018 or 2020 by running against Trump’s record. His supporters here, it turns out, are energized by his bombast and his animus more than any actual accomplishments.
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2017/11/12/two-smart-pieces-about-two-dumb-things/
VA worked because we ran a positive race, not just against Trump. As we need to do in 2018 and 2020. Also, we are weary, or at least I am. Outrage exhaustion.
