20% of any poll will agree with basically anything. So I pretty much always lop off that portion in my head by default now. So until that number reaches 60%, it doesn’t really mean much.
Even though these people will still vote for an anti-trans Republican candidate, the poll is a little encouraging. Republican politicians are not principled, and if persecuting trans people doesn’t win them applause from their voters perhaps they’ll quieten down a bit from inciting this particular hatred.
59% don’t find it “shameful” and it’s not like those 41% are going to vote for someone else…
this particular hatred
History has repeatedly shown us they’ll just move on to a new target for their bigotry because that’s the only way they can come close to getting a majority of voters to back their economic plans that only serve a wealthy few. Like, trans people right now are just what gay people were for their party 10-20 years ago.
Then why are they republican? Thats literally one of the GQPs top concerns right now.
Because they have different priorities.
Maybe they are big gun aficionados and don’t like the idea of gun control. Maybe they don’t like immigration. Or they’re rich and don’t like taxes. Or any number of other issues. But it all comes down to the idea that something else is more important to them than the rights of trans people.
I think it’s shameful that anything takes priority over human rights. That being said, it’s very human to ignore the happiness of people that aren’t directly involved in their lives.
It’s all they know. Their dad voted Republican, and his dad voted Republican, so I guess that means they don’t get a choice somehow.
Like always supporting the sports team from where they were born, just because they were born there.
Except if my team was ran by confirmed bigots for 60+ years I’d support a different team
“Voted for Eisenhower 'cause Lincoln won the war”
because by saying “sad and shameful” they are not saying they oppose the gop rhetoric, they simply dont like the tone. 60% of gop still choose to vote for anti-trans candidate in the same survey.
Because they’re not single issue voters for that specific cause.
Yeah you’re right, they were single issue voters for taking women’s rights, how silly of me to forget.
Because people are rarely single issue voters. There are a few here and there, but given the dominance of the US’s two-party system, you often have to make a choice. If I imagine 2 candidates: one who is strongly pro-choice but overtly anti-gay, and another who is strongly pro-life but also pro-LGBTQ issues, that would actually be a pretty tough decision for me.
As much as I want to hate Trump supporters, I can still sympathize with them. A lot are lifelong Republicans who are choosing between someone who will probably try to enact 90% of their personal beliefs but is an authoritarian crazy person, and someone who seems sane but disagrees with them on 90% of issues and will do everything to stymie the things they believe to be right. It’s not a simple choice.
I’m ignoring third-parties here as a caveat, so apologies if that’s the crux of your question. But my opinion is that you should push for and vote for a new system while accepting that the rules are what they are now, and you have to strategize with the current situation.
They probably have other reasons they vote republican. If they could cherry pick each issue, those 41% would obviously vote accordingly but the reality is it’s just one big game of red vs blue so it’s yet another complex topic reduced to a binary
…and will probably still vote for candidates who spew it
Then stop being a Republican, or give the GOP a long overdue enema.
“Listen, bigotry is sad and shameful. I don’t agree trans people should be made illegal. But taxes and immigrants…”
Then stop voting for them, you troglodytes!!!
All that means is that there are more important issues https://youtu.be/ZMQqz6IPado?si=rYskhuX76IzTGupe
https://youtu.be/ZMQqz6IPado without the tracker
The image that is painted of other people is even worse, so for them supporting Republicans is somehow the lesser evil. Even though this is just one topic where they’re sad and shameful.
Also… not sure I believe this poll is super accurate in phrasing.
