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Originally Posted by em2nought
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Those kind of stories have cropped up for decades now and they haven't appeared to benefit the GOP much, if at all. There are too many variables that have worked against the GOP over the years for something like this to really have n impact. If you really want to see what might very well happen to the GOP nationally, take a look at the California GOP: they let the wing-nuts take the reins of the party and the main body of the CA-GOP left the party in droves. It has gotten so bad, Orange County, CA, the strongest bastion of Conservative GOP politics in the state, with a majority of registered voters identifying as GOP, voted for a DEM Presidential candidate for the first time in
80 years. Equally amazing, the turnout in the county was 80.7%, about 25 points higher than the national average (Clinton got 50.9% of the total County vote compared to 42.3% for Trump). An additional fact is Orange County is considered to be a prime GOP "ATM", much in the way Hollywood is the DEM "ATM" when it comes to fundraising. Losing the decades long hold they have maintained on their 'foundation' county has put the CA-GOP in a much deeper hole politically and financially than ever. This matters to the national GOP because political trends in CA often have a ripple effect nationally. Perhaps
if Trump, during the campaign, had not stupidly acted in a manner that alienated women voters, he might have had a shot at winning the popular vote, a loss which is still a bug up his behind. Notably, if he had not riled a particular GOP woman, Meg Whitman, who has a significant influence with GOP power and money brokers and who, in disgust at Trump, turned her efforts to fundraising and campaigning for Clinton, he might have not given the CA-GOP such an embarrassing loss. As always, Trump is his own worst enemy...
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