Republican voters (especially the radicals) throw a fit and stay home or vote third party whenever they don’t get their way. Because they’ve done this, the Republican party has learned to fall in line behind what they want, and so they vote for it. Even so, the Libertarian party regularly gets triple the votes of the Greens and the last major third party candidate drew votes primarily from the right. The right is constantly whining about “RINOs,” and if you go into most right-wing circles and try the shit liberals do with the left, “Sure you might not agree with their stance on abortion, sure they’re going to regulate your guns, but if you don’t fall in line, you’re not a ‘real’ right-winger,” you would be bullied and laughed at.
Liberals think it’s the opposite because they’re obsessed with making sure every single person falls in line without a single condition. Absolutely no respect for anyone’s moral convictions (in contrast to the right). So anyone who ever tries to hold the democrats to a standard is the most important thing ever, whereas on the right it’s just normalized and accepted because it’s so common.
There is no data whatsoever that supports your narrative, and it also doesn’t make any sense. There are so many more “my way or the highway” types on the right, this is the culture that produces soverign citizens who are the ultimate expression of “refusing to compromise your beliefs even when it’s completely unreasonable and out of line with reality,” and libertarians and such are just a lighter version of that.
Yes, I’m sure I have it right. Your “conventional wisdom” is complete nonsense with no basis in reality.
As I explained, the reason that “conventional wisdom” exists is because democrats make a much bigger deal of it on the rare occasions that the left makes any demands whatsoever, whereas on the right, making demands and standing on principle is accepted and normalized.
You can’t provide a single shred of evidence to support this “conventional wisdom” because it’s not true, it has no basis in reality, it’s just rhetoric that liberals like to throw around because they’re so obsessed with making sure everyone falls in line unconditionally.
I know about dozens of Democrats who voted third party or abstained this last election because they didn’t like the handling of Israel/Gaza or Kamala or something and that lines up with elections past.
Edit: not wanting it to be the case doesnt make it false.
Neither are a bunch of thinkpiecies blithely reciting the conventional wisdom in their headlines (which you didn’t read past). You literally just googled “republicans fall in line” and picked the three results at random.
Literally none of the articles you linked support your position. All three are talking about republican politicians falling in line behind Trump - a candidate who was selected by the base against the wishes of the establishment of the party. Yes, the establishment politicians do fall in line behind the voters, this is exactly what I’m arguing, thank you for providing support for my position. What you’re trying to argue is the exact opposite, that the voters fall in line behind whatever the party wants.
Democrat voters throw a fit and stay home or vote third party whenever they don’t get their way…
If only. Green Party consistently gets votes in the low single digits. Jill Stein got one half of one percent in 2024. That’s beyond embarrassing, and I say that as a Green. Other leftist parties get even less.
I wish somebody had thrown a fit over Harris. It might’ve done some good. The few people who did try to hold her feet to the fire over Gaza were either mocked or ignored. As it was, none of that legitimate criticism got through, so the campaign just crashed and burned.
Republican voters (especially the radicals) throw a fit and stay home or vote third party whenever they don’t get their way. Because they’ve done this, the Republican party has learned to fall in line behind what they want, and so they vote for it. Even so, the Libertarian party regularly gets triple the votes of the Greens and the last major third party candidate drew votes primarily from the right. The right is constantly whining about “RINOs,” and if you go into most right-wing circles and try the shit liberals do with the left, “Sure you might not agree with their stance on abortion, sure they’re going to regulate your guns, but if you don’t fall in line, you’re not a ‘real’ right-winger,” you would be bullied and laughed at.
Liberals think it’s the opposite because they’re obsessed with making sure every single person falls in line without a single condition. Absolutely no respect for anyone’s moral convictions (in contrast to the right). So anyone who ever tries to hold the democrats to a standard is the most important thing ever, whereas on the right it’s just normalized and accepted because it’s so common.
There is no data whatsoever that supports your narrative, and it also doesn’t make any sense. There are so many more “my way or the highway” types on the right, this is the culture that produces soverign citizens who are the ultimate expression of “refusing to compromise your beliefs even when it’s completely unreasonable and out of line with reality,” and libertarians and such are just a lighter version of that.
Democrat voters throw a fit and stay home or vote third party whenever they don’t get their way…
Are you sure you got that right? Republicans fall in line to vote no matter who. Dems want their personal issue addressed before they’ll vote.
Yes, I’m sure I have it right. Your “conventional wisdom” is complete nonsense with no basis in reality.
As I explained, the reason that “conventional wisdom” exists is because democrats make a much bigger deal of it on the rare occasions that the left makes any demands whatsoever, whereas on the right, making demands and standing on principle is accepted and normalized.
You can’t provide a single shred of evidence to support this “conventional wisdom” because it’s not true, it has no basis in reality, it’s just rhetoric that liberals like to throw around because they’re so obsessed with making sure everyone falls in line unconditionally.
I know about dozens of Democrats who voted third party or abstained this last election because they didn’t like the handling of Israel/Gaza or Kamala or something and that lines up with elections past.
Edit: not wanting it to be the case doesnt make it false.
I really don’t think you know what you’re talking about.
I really think that I’m the only one whose presented a shred of evidence to support their position.
Your opinion is not evidence.
Republicans fall in line:
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/11/california-gop-trump-holdouts-00146233
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/republicans-fall-line-trump-nominees-politics-desk-rcna190704
https://www.sungazette.com/opinion/other-commentaries/2024/07/the-party-of-falling-in-line/
You have offered nothing.
Neither are a bunch of thinkpiecies blithely reciting the conventional wisdom in their headlines (which you didn’t read past). You literally just googled “republicans fall in line” and picked the three results at random.
Literally none of the articles you linked support your position. All three are talking about republican politicians falling in line behind Trump - a candidate who was selected by the base against the wishes of the establishment of the party. Yes, the establishment politicians do fall in line behind the voters, this is exactly what I’m arguing, thank you for providing support for my position. What you’re trying to argue is the exact opposite, that the voters fall in line behind whatever the party wants.
Wow, what a compelling argument.
If only. Green Party consistently gets votes in the low single digits. Jill Stein got one half of one percent in 2024. That’s beyond embarrassing, and I say that as a Green. Other leftist parties get even less.
I wish somebody had thrown a fit over Harris. It might’ve done some good. The few people who did try to hold her feet to the fire over Gaza were either mocked or ignored. As it was, none of that legitimate criticism got through, so the campaign just crashed and burned.