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Do You Think Trump Will Run Unopposed in 2020?

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If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
 
lurchadams said:
If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
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The GOP will always support trump.
 
lurchadams said:
If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
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Nope I think someone will run against him or they will try too.
it is too far out to think about it and it is going to depend on a lot of things.
 
lurchadams said:
If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
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Why do people insist on asking questions like these when president Trump has barely started his term? Its "Will Trump get re elected", "Will Trump lose 2020 election" or some other question that's idiotic to ask because its too early to tell. When its been about 2 to 3 years in his term would be a good time to ask that those questions. Not a few weeks to 5 months into those man's term in office.
 
I can't imagine they would. It would all but guarantee a Democratic victory.
 
lurchadams said:
If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
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I think he's almost certain to face a primary.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I can't imagine they would. It would all but guarantee a Democratic victory.
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A primary run is not the same as a third party run. Although I wouldn't rule out a third party run either. Realistically I'm not sure there is anything that wouldn't guarantee a Democratic victory. Democrats could probably run an atheist child molester and still do just fine.
 
lurchadams said:
If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
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You think he'd want that thankless job again? He's been there, he's done it and won the t-shirt. Why, he doesn't even like the house.
 
lurchadams said:
If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
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it'll depend on how everything turns out. If he is managing to hang on, and can get some GOP policies through, they'll keep him. It's a really bad message to run opposed in a re-election year as President and Trump is going to have to do exceptionally bad, worst than now even, to really make that happen. The GOP doesn't really want to show so boldly it's fractures. And worst case could be that they send some folk up against him, and he comes out with the Primary win.

It's anyone's guess at this point, I tend to believe that he will be unopposed come 2020. Let's just see if the DNC can get its head out of its ass to beat him. There is no larger black eye, IMO, than having lost to Trump.
 
MrWonka said:
A primary run is not the same as a third party run. Although I wouldn't rule out a third party run either. Realistically I'm not sure there is anything that wouldn't guarantee a Democratic victory. Democrats could probably run an atheist child molester and still do just fine.
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You say that but...Hillary. The DNC can easily flub it all up.
 
lurchadams said:
If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
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The GOP sold its' collective soul to back Trump for the 2016 nomination

if the opportunity comes again for the GOP to do the same in 2020 they will certainly do so

they will certainly support this abomination spawn of Satan Don Cheeto Trumpski & many will be fooled into believing he is their 'savior'

"win, win at any cost" is the GOP mantra, even if you have no morals, or principles to guide you; 'winning' is EVERYTHING :roll:
 
Depends on how creative he gets with his executive orders...heck, he might save you guys the hassle of an election altogether...how considerate!! :)
 
MrWonka said:
A primary run is not the same as a third party run. Although I wouldn't rule out a third party run either. Realistically I'm not sure there is anything that wouldn't guarantee a Democratic victory. Democrats could probably run an atheist child molester and still do just fine.
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Assuming Trump wants to run for re-election, another Republican beating him in the primary isn't going to stop him. He'll just run as an independent. And the Republican vote will split.
 
lurchadams said:
If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
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Kasich will take him down, no way is he going unopposed
 
jamesrage said:
Why do people insist on asking questions like these when president Trump has barely started his term? Its "Will Trump get re elected", "Will Trump lose 2020 election" or some other question that's idiotic to ask because its too early to tell. When its been about 2 to 3 years in his term would be a good time to ask that those questions. Not a few weeks to 5 months into those man's term in office.
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It's a fair question. I'm sorry it hurt your feelings. Do you need a tissue?
 
lurchadams said:
If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
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I don't know about the GOP leadership. Everyone there has basically been pulling their hair out over Trump, both privately and publicly: from Mitt Romney and John McCain to Lindsey Graham, John Kasich, and Paul Ryan. But I have learned to never overestimate the intelligence of the GOP base. A steady diet of Limbaugh, Hannity, and Fox has made them completely rabid, foaming, at the mouth and unintelligible. They're very much now like something out of the Zombie Apocalypse or something now. That's why I am eager to se Obamacare repealed- because until these folks actually directly feel the pain of what it is they are screaming themselves hoarse over, they will keep thinking that the "shadow government", or "them evil libruls", or someone else is really keeping them from doing what needs to be done to make America Great Again. Reality is the best teacher. The shock might help bring them back to reality. Let them do everything they want to do for a while, get the crazy out of their system, and then we might be able to talk to them more rationally.
 
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lurchadams said:
If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
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I think it depends. We know among the Republicans there are the Never Trumpers. Approximately 20% I would estimate. If the GOP suffers huge loses in the midterms next year, that would embolden them for 2020. Also keep track of Trump's approval ratings. An approval rating around 40% would also ensure in my mind a challenge. Challenging a sitting president has been done before. 1980 Teddy Kennedy challenged Jimmy Carter. 1976 Ronald Reagan challenged Gerald Ford. Pat Buchanan challenged President Bush in 1992. These pop into my mind and I am sure there has been others. So challenging a sitting president isn't all that unusual.

The thing is with each of these three, the sitting president's approval rating was below 50%. Popular sitting presidents don't get challenged, unpopular ones do. 1968 McCarthy challenged LBJ barely losing to LBJ as a Write in in the Democratic New Hampshire Primary causing LBJ to withdraw.

One final thought, many life long Republicans don't consider Trump to be a Republican at all. They view him as an interloper, an opportunist. A person who hijacked the nomination away from true Republicans. I think you may have more than one challenger to Trump if things don't turn around drastically. First watch the midterm results, then Trump's approval ratings. It should be easy to tell if someone will challenge him for the Republican nomination in 2020.
 
If he is still around and if he wants to run, two big ifs, he will be primaried like crazy.
 
lurchadams said:
It's a fair question.
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No its not a fair question.
It will be a fair question 2-3 years into his term.Right now its just moronic to ask will Trump run unopposed in 2020. Because too many things can happen between now and then.

I'm sorry it hurt your feelings. Do you need a tissue?
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I didn't vote for Trump.I am not a Trump supporter. I ridiculed Trump-tards for voting for Trump.
 
jamesrage said:
No its not a fair question.
It will be a fair question 2-3 years into his term.Right now its just moronic to ask will Trump run unopposed in 2020. Because too many things can happen between now and then.



I didn't vote for Trump.I am not a Trump supporter. I ridiculed Trump-tards for voting for Trump.
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I don't believe you. You're reacting with the same anger indigenous to Trump supporters.
 
 
 
lurchadams said:
I stand corrected. My apologies. Your over the top criticism of my thread was a good imitation of a trump supporter. It could be that you're just angry in general.
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I am just pointing out that it is idiotic to ask such questions when his term barely even started.It has nothing to do with being angry in general.
 
lurchadams said:
If Trump makes it all the way to 2020, do you think anyone in the GOP party will run against him, or do you think the GOP will continue to support Trump?
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the GOP will support him if they think, by that time, that he will help them retain power and win votes.

the GOP is not what Dems have to worry about anyway. its the moderate middle class voters, like myself they have to worry about. we are who won him the election and we are a large part of the decision next time , as well.
 
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