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Originally Posted by octothorp
Hypothetical question:
If Trump loses, launches a Trump TV / Breitbart media brand that maintains loyalty of, say 20% of Republican voters, what are going to the long-term political ramifications?
No matter how I work through the possibilities, this seems to be worse for the Republican Party than the Democrats. The ideal situation for the GOP seems to be that he goes away quickly and quietly and everyone forget everything that happened this year. The ideal situation for the Democrats seems to be that he sticks around as a divisive agent that becomes impossible to ignore and can always be used to invoke racist / misogynist reminders.
But that's just in terms of relatively short-term political gains. I'm kinda more interested in how such a development shapes the policy and influence of either party, and that's a lot harder to put one's finger on.
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Definitely because the Republicans get split into another way.
Fiscal Republicans
Tea Partiers
and now Trumpers (people who are mad and racist).
Democrats would hold power for decades