People in blue states, especially high-population blue states like New York and California have essentially no chance of seeing a Republican presidential candidate win their state. As a result, many do not vote, or choose to vote for a third party candidate.
There is a grave danger in this that these people overlook: the undermining of the Electoral College. People often adopt the attitude of voting for someone else because “It doesn’t matter in my state.” The problem with this thinking is that many people DO pay attention to the popular vote and they are swayed by the argument to abolish the Electoral College on this basis. If Republicans in blue states don’t vote for Trump, they are adding fodder to the leftists who are trying to abolish the electoral college.
One of the excuses that people use to not vote for Trump has to do with Trump’s personality and character. We need to remember that people change. Has Trump changed at all? I am sure that he has in some ways. Some people want to look at all his sins over his lifetime and say: “That is Trump.” They reject him on this basis. In the area of Character, we need to consider how he is presently, and not be swayed by people who want to point out every sin in the man’s lifetime.
Will the Real Conservative Please Stand Up? What exactly is a conservative???
In the 2016 Republican Primary, nearly every one of the candidates referred to himself as a conservative. Some candidates treated the term as if it were a relative term, meaning that they were ‘more conservative’ than liberal democrats. Others were completely unable to define the term when asked. So what exactly is a conservative?
To be a conservative, you hold to several core principles:
The supremacy of the US Constitution.
National Sovereignty.
Individual Liberty.
The reduction of the federal government to its constitutional boundaries.
The continual pursuit of securing liberty for all Americans.
American citizenship and secure borders.
The supremacy of free market capitalism.
Recognition of and protection from our enemies.
Personal ownership and control on one’s own private property.
A proper understanding of the true nature of man and his culture.
Sadly, many Democrats hold to these positions and do not realize that their party absolutely opposes their belief system. We need to help them realize that their party is not what it used to be. It is a hard left party, and it’s goals are to continue a perpetual push further to the left.