A new poll has revealed changing attitudes to Trump from his Republican supporters.

One in three Republican voters would have preferred a different candidate to Donald Trump for the upcoming presidential election.

In March, the former president won enough primary races to secure the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election.

However, according to a survey of 1,003 Americans by Canadian polling firm Leger, Trump does not command the full support of his base and 33 percent of this demographic would have preferred another politician. Meanwhile, this proportion is higher (47 percent) among Republican voters aged 18 to 34 years old.

  • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
    36·
    6 months ago

    An individual vote doesn’t really affect the outcome regardless of who you vote for. From that perspective, sure, all votes are just about vanity, I suppose.

    But personally, I think it’s worth the time to go out and try to promote politicians I support. To each their own, I guess.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
      72·
      6 months ago

      From that perspective

      That’s not the perspective I’m coming from.

      But personally, I think it’s worth the time to go out and try to promote politicians I support.

      That’s the thing: voting third party doesn’t really do anything to promote a candidate.

      If you want to change the system to promote candidates you want, go out and actually do something so you can vote for who you truly want in a presidential election. That’s how you actually promote politicians you want to support. Voting third party is just, as I said, pure vanity.

      • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
        26·
        6 months ago

        That’s the thing: voting third party doesn’t really do anything to promote a candidate.

        Really? Why not? You’ve said this several times now with zero explanation.

        If a party reaches 5% of the vote, they’re eligible for federal campaign funding. I believe 15% is the threshold for TV debates. Bringing them closer to that goal really seems like it’s promoting them. Parties tend to get more attention as they get more votes.

        Either way, I have no interest in promoting a candidate I’m opposed to. If voting for someone I support doesn’t do anything, I’d just stay home.