Who will take up Trump's populist mantra in 2020?

[Californiadreaming]

Hopefully I am posting this thread in the correct place.

Anyway, if Trump will lose in 2016, then his supporters simply aren't going to disappear. Thus, what I am wondering is this--who, if anyone, will take up Trump's populist mantra (but hopefully without the bigotry and xenophobia) in 2020?

Any thoughts on this?

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Nobody when he loses in a landslide

I am unsure that he will lose in a landslide, though.

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Donald Trump is uniqie, and I don't think this "populist bloc" is as big as Trump's support base is.

Maybe. However, Donald Trump's message appears to have resonated with a lot of Republican voters.

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McMaster seems the most likely choice, assuming he's elected Governor in 2018. Besides that, Dave Brat and Ron Unz seem like the most obvious choices.

Isn't McMaster too old for this, though? After all, he is only one year younger than Trump is.

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Also, wouldn't David Brat be too inexperienced for a U.S. Presidential run in 2020?

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Also, wouldn't David Brat be too inexperienced for a U.S. Presidential run in 2020?

Six and a half years in the House by January 2021?

McMaster seems the most likely choice, assuming he's elected Governor in 2018. Besides that, Dave Brat and Ron Unz seem like the most obvious choices.

Isn't McMaster too old for this, though? After all, he is only one year younger than Trump is.

73 years isn't that old. Same age as Hillary will be then.

Hillary is a woman, though.

Also, though, to be fair, McCain did win the 2008 Republican nomination at age 72. Thus, you are probably correct that McMaster wouldn't be too old for this.

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Nobody. The Republican Establishment will simply go back to its old cheap labor, environmentally-ravaging, tax-cuts-for the rich agenda that creates great profits for elites and misery for everyone else.  The anti-intellectualism will remain.

Wouldn't Trump's supporters be an attractive pool of support for some 2020 Republican candidates to draw from, though?

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Chuck Norris

LOL!

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David Duke

Too KKK-flavored, obviously.

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I highly doubt it will be anyone from the Class of 2018 (Governors or Senators). It'll either be a politician in office now, or alternatively we should keep in mind that even outside of Trumpism the GOP does have a taste for non-politician candidates. It's difficult to speculate who the non-politician candidates of 2020 might be (beyond saying that there will almost certainly be a few who do gain traction); among politicians active now who might be maneuvering for a 2020 run, the two really obvious possibilities seem to be Christie or Pence. I also think LePage could be a dark-horse possibility.

Isn't Christie damaged goods due to Bridgegate, though?

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Ivanka Trump. (only half joking)

Too young ... for now.

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Me. Just watch.

You're a Democrat, though.

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Donald J. Trump Sr

A second Trump U.S. Presidential run in 2020?

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Tom Cotton could try get a more mainstream and conservative version of it.

Out of curiosity--do you think that Tom Cotton can appeal to large numbers of White, blue-collar voters in Midwestern U.S. states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania?

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Well, let me say this--I think that, at the very least, one can say that Pence is more closely associated with the Religious Right than a Trump-like populist should probably be.

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Tom Cotton could try get a more mainstream and conservative version of it.

Out of curiosity--do you think that Tom Cotton can appeal to large numbers of White, blue-collar voters in Midwestern U.S. states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania?

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Well, let me say this--I think that, at the very least, one can say that Pence is more closely associated with the Religious Right than a Trump-like populist should probably be.

If those voters want to get on board with, ya know, actual conservatism.

What's the likelihood that those voters actually want to get on board with this, though? Completely serious question, for the record.

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I cannot conceive of any scenario where anyone would want to recreate that nightmare.

There is a big difference between populism, which I very much support, and a downright hateful and unrealistic campaign.

Yes, which in turn is why exactly I am talking about copying Trump's populism but without Trump's bigotry, racism, xenophobia, et cetera.