2016: A mainstream Republican was elected
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« on: April 20, 2019, 10:37:09 PM »

Let's say that a mainstream Republican was elected in 2016.

He would he be doing right now?
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« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2019, 10:45:35 PM »

Making ISIS great again.
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« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2019, 10:55:29 PM »

You are mainstream when you win an election.
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« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2019, 11:49:45 PM »

Probably with an approval rating of around 50-55%, and having narrowly retained the House(and made greater gains in the Senate). Possibly a compromise on immigration could have been reached. Perhaps if the AHCA passes Republicans would still suffer a bad midterm. However overall a mainstream Republican would be more popular as the economy is pretty good and they wouldn't have their divisiveness and controversies distract so much from that.
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« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2019, 01:41:01 AM »

you're implying Trump isn't a mainstream Republican?
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« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2019, 09:15:26 PM »

I’m not entirely convinced that Jeb or Marco would have won...
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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2022, 12:53:15 AM »

Assuming "mainstream" excludes Tea Party candidates like Rubio and Cruz, and ironically means the most out-of-touch sorts of Republicans possible, they (Kasich?) lose 2020. Boots are on the ground in Syria, or one of North Korea, Venezuela, Iran have been invaded, or in the best-case scenario we're stuck in Afghanistan forever, and they're blamed for the devastation of COVID. If the establishment Democrats don't coalesce around someone, Sanders wins big in 2020, but any other Democrat wins too.

The Tea Party candidates lose too, but still have some grassroots support and polarization to fall back on.
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