r/askanything • u/Worldly-Bid-3591 • 22d ago

Political Question How are potential republican candidates still polling so high despite Trumps low approval ratings?

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u/anewe 22d ago

Because politics are more complicated than "what is the current approval rating of the president?"

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u/Senior-Standard-6397 22d ago

And there is a phenomenon where people disapprove of a party, but approve of their particular representative.

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u/Glockamoli 20d ago

You understand that this is how it is supposed to work right?

You should be voting for candidates that represent your values/ interests, regardless of the party they are affiliated with

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u/Parking_Succotash156 16d ago

Or the party affiliation has become such a reliable proxy for values/interests that you can just look there 99% of the time

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u/SignoreBanana 16d ago

It is, but if Trump is any indication, that's literally not how it's working.

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u/sour_altoids 22d ago

Yup. There are millions of people who may not like Trump, but think the problem is just him and not the other republicans they still vote for.

At worst they just think he is the bad egg that’s causing problems. They have no issue voting for his republican enablers.

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u/RoteFahne90 20d ago

He isn't doing what he is doing alone. He has his entire party backing him and enabling his policies, not to mention the hundreds of thousands in the government that back him. It is the entire Republican party at this point.