{"id":572467,"date":"2023-04-30T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-gop-voters-are-so-loyal-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T10:00:00","slug":"why-gop-voters-are-so-loyal-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-gop-voters-are-so-loyal-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why GOP voters are so loyal to Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/trumpdonald_042823ap_trump-primary.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republican primary voters are showing no signs of easing their support for former President Trump as their 2024 GOP presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s lead in the presumptive field of GOP presidential candidates has widened in most polling, even as he finds himself embroiled in high-profile legal battles and as the party gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>les with a worse-than-expected midterm election.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Though the presidential debates and primaries are still months away, pollsters and even some anti-Trump Republicans point to the former president\u2019s recent indictment and his no-holds-barred approach to his presumptive GOP rivals as being among the reasons some in the party are still leaning toward the former president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump has conditioned \u2026 a pretty serious majority of the Republican base to believe that any legal critique of him, any external charge made against him is invalid and a product of the \u2018deep state\u2019 or a conspiracy of some kind to take him away from Republican voters,\u201d said Rick Wilson, co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo why did you see Trump\u2019s numbers go up after Mar-a-Lago was raided by the FBI? Why did you see his numbers go up after he was indicted in New York? That\u2019s because that base \u2014 it is an inversion of the prior known political behavior, which is to say, people don\u2019t like criminals,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd yet, when you accuse Donald Trump of being a criminal, even with all the evidence in the world, their response is, \u2018No, he\u2019s not. You\u2019re the one who\u2019s doing this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump made headlines in late March when he became the first president to face criminal charges. The indictment followed a probe by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) that centers on Trump\u2019s possible involvement in a hush money payment made during his 2016 campaign to a porn star.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though an indictment would ordinarily be considered politically damning for any presidential candidate, polling suggests it hasn\u2019t harmed Trump \u2014 and it might even have helped him. <\/p>\n<p>Polling released by NPR, PBS <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>Hour and Marist this week\u00a0found that 63 percent of Republicans said they wanted Trump to be president again, even if he was found guilty of a crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Even high-profile members of the party and the presumptive 2024 GOP field have largely defended Trump, dispelling hopes from his opponents that the indictment would ultimately take him down. Former Vice President Pence\u00a0described the indictment as \u201can outrage,\u201d\u00a0while Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.)\u00a0said it was a \u201ctravesty.\u201d\u00a0Haley\u00a0suggested the probe\u00a0was \u201cmore about revenge than it is about justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But some Republicans say Trump is also enjoying a lead in the polls thanks to his pugilistic approach to his primary rivals, particularly presumptive White House contender Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana-based pollster John Couvillon, who typically works with Republicans, told The Hill that \u201cthe fighting back, I found, is what attracts [Trump] to Republican primary voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>While only a handful of Republicans have entered the 2024 race, Trump has taken steps to define the field early on. Much of the former president\u2019s attention has been geared toward DeSantis, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly seen as Trump\u2019s chief rival, though he hasn\u2019t officially entered the race yet.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has used nicknames to taunt the Florida governor, such as \u201cRon DeSanctimonious,\u201d and taken shots at him using his Truth <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> platform and ads. A pro-Trump super PAC\u00a0notably rolled out an ad earlier this month\u00a0portraying DeSantis eating pudding with his fingers \u2014 a nod to a story published by The Daily Beast that reported the Florida governor apparently once ate pudding without utensils.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gunner Ramer, political director of the anti-Trump Republican Accountability PAC, suggested some of the attacks against DeSantis \u201callow him to be labeled as an establishment Republican candidate, which doesn\u2019t differentiate him from the other Republicans that voters just have no real interest in at this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Trump hasn\u2019t shied away from taking jabs at other Republicans, either, including former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu. Trump said Christie has \u201cgot a big mouth \u2014 that\u2019s all he\u2019s got\u201d during a speech to a raucous audience in New Hampshire on Thursday before taking jabs at the Granite State\u2019s governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could\u2019ve really made an impact. He could\u2019ve run for the Senate. He probably would\u2019ve easily won because of the family name, would\u2019ve won. And that would have been a tremendous thing. Instead, he wants to play <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s with running for president,\u201d Trump said about Sununu. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s rivals have all taken shots at him to varying degrees, though most of them haven\u2019t been nearly as aggressive as the former president. During an interview with Fox News\u2019s Piers Morgan last month, DeSantis said of Trump\u2019s belittling nickname, \u201cI mean, you can call me whatever you want, just as long as you also call me a winner, because that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been able to do in Florida, is put a lot of points on the board and really take this state to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>And as the Florida governor criticized Bragg\u2019s indictment in March, he also remarked he didn\u2019t \u201cknow what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair\u201d \u2014 a nod to allegations that Trump had an affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>But DeSantis has come under growing pressure to hit back even harder against Trump, and some within the GOP worry the former president is getting the best of the governor.<\/p>\n<p>Couvillon, the pollster, said Trump\u2019s onslaught of attacks is \u201cwhat gives him the edge, because it looks like he\u2019s this tough guy, and the other Republican candidates just don\u2019t have what it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Though members of the party emphasize there\u2019s still plenty of time before the first primaries, some appear less than impressed with the Florida governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, candidates have to perform at a certain level, and DeSantis is not a guy who\u2019s ready for the big show. You can tell he doesn\u2019t speak well. He doesn\u2019t deliver, he doesn\u2019t connect with people. And for all my criticisms of Donald Trump, I will never take away from the fact that Donald Trump is a magnificent showman,\u201d said Wilson of the Lincoln Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGov. DeSantis has not even announced if he will be a candidate for the presidency in 2024, and he is unequivocally a force to be reckoned with. Not only has Governor DeSantis never lost a fight, but he\u2019s never lost an election,\u201d said Erin Perrine, communications director for the pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down. \u201cIt\u2019s clear that if Trump has to defend his record of blindly following Fauci into nationwide lockdowns, being good buddies with Gavin Newsom, trashing Florida, and having his endorsed 2022 candidates lose \u2014 Trump will have a hard time.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The developments taken together underscore how Trump has retained his iron grip on the presumptive 2024 primary field, even\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/projects\/trumps-legal-issues-have-little-impact-on-his-support\/?doing_wp_cron=1682251723.4776029586791992187500\">as polling has also shown<\/a> a substantial percentage of Republican voters\u00a0not keen on seeing him run for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump is dominating in\u00a0poll\u00a0after\u00a0poll\u2013 both nationally and statewide\u2013 crushing the primary and general fields. That is why congressional members, statewide officials, local leaders, and grassroots activists have endorsed the President because they know he is the only one who can win in 2024,\u201d said Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung in an email.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no other candidate in the race who has even come close to putting out a bold, forward-looking policy agenda that President Trump has,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans say the others running for the White House, including DeSantis, will have to put the pedal to the metal soon if they\u2019re going to be competitive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of time left on the clock. We\u2019re going to have debates,\u201d said Brian Seitchik, a Trump campaign alum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, team DeSantis is going to have a great deal of resources, both in the hard side \u2014 the campaign \u2014 and the soft side \u2014 the independent expenditure. So they will have the opportunity to make their case,\u201d he said. \u201cBut sort of the initial buzz surrounding him has waned, and the rubber\u2019s got to hit the road real soon here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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