• slurpyslop@kbin.social
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    They compromise on that issue and their other views to vote for whoever is closest.

    so hypothetically, you think single-issue gun control republicans are willing to compromise on gun control?

    or a strawman if you prefer

    literally not even the part you were strawmanning and you very obviously know that

    you mysteriously dropped that half of your argument idk why

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      so hypothetically, you think single-issue gun control republicans are willing to compromise on gun control?

      Exactly, I think you got it. A single issue gun control voter wants less gun control. Say they want to be able to own fully automatic rifles. Trump doesn’t want people owning fully automatic rifles, he doesn’t even want bump stocks to be legal. Trump however is more lenient on other aspects of gun control, certainly more lenient than Biden. They may agree more with Biden on immigration, or abortion, or taxes, but they agree most with Trump on the other issues so they vote for Trump.

      So we have one type of single issue voter that is good for Republicans, and one type of single issue voter that is bad for Democrats.

      you mysteriously dropped that half of your argument idk why

      We’ll figure out the other parts of the argument once we have this simple thing settled.

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        5 months ago

        Exactly, I think you got it.

        trump tried to enact a little bit of gun control, it was basically the only thing his voter base ever pushed back on, but they pushed back very hard, and he very quickly dropped it

        so demonstrably your understanding of republicans is wrong, so i don’t know where this leaves you

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          Trump doesn’t want people owning fully automatic rifles, he doesn’t even want bump stocks to be legal.

          Hmmm

          Me:

          Trump however is more lenient on other aspects of gun control, certainly more lenient than Biden.

          You:

          Trump didn’t enact gun control laws. Therefore you don’t know anything about Republicans. Bazinga.

          Really nailed the dismount there buddy. I’m beginning to understand why you’ve drawn the other conclusions that you have.

          Take it easy.

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            5 months ago

            yes he signed in legislation, his voter base responded, and he dropped gun control from his platform

            look at his stance now

            almost like this was a direct consequence of the pushback SUPER weird that your voter base abandoning you leads to change in your platform