this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2025
405 points (97.9% liked)
Conservative
418 readers
103 users here now
We are a community dedicated to discussion surrounding the political right.
People of all political views are welcome here, but we expect a high level of discussion from everyone.
Rules:
-Good Faith participation only.
-Stay on topic.
-Follow instance rules.
-Only post news articles with the original headlines.
-Please interact with this community if you want to downvote.
-Absolutely no homophobia, transphobia or misgendering anyone.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I'm not talking about those, I'm talking about people in the middle who bought into his anti-establishment nonsense, and finally see him for who he is. I'm talking about the 5% or so of people who would actually consider switching from one major candidate to the other.
Pushing hard for progressive policy changes won't energize that group. Pushing for reverting Trump's changes, especially tariffs and immigration, and championing laws to prevent that type of nonsense in the future is probably more appealing than a dramatic shift to the left. What they want is a reset, not a revolution.
To be clear, that's not what I am looking for, but it's what would get my parents, siblings, and some of my neighbors who all likely voted for Trump to consider switching parties. They're not looking for radical change, they're looking to undo Trump's power grab.
If they're not looking for radical change then why did they vote for Trump who campaigned on kicking out all immigrants and totally reshaping the economy?
He also ran on blaming Biden for inflation, "fixing" the economy (bring jobs here), etc. It seems they trusted him to actually know what he's doing.
A candidate that can convince the public that they do know what they're doing and explain why Trump's plan doesn't work (i.e. state the obvious) could garner support. Don't run on LGBT policy (but do address it), run on an economic agenda of undoing tariffs, simplifying immigration, and most importantly, putting limits on the executive branch to prevent whiplash going forward.