Conservatives are furious at the anti-Trump right. But why are some progressives so furious? jonathanchait writes
Former Ohio Republican governor John Kasich. Photo: John Lamparski/Getty Images Conservatives are always looking for converts, the old saying goes, while liberals are always looking for heretics. This would explain why so many of each are so angry right now.
Since all of them oppose Trump’s reelection, it’s difficult to understand what problem they could have with an organized effort to oppose him. One argument they make is that the Lincoln Project’s efforts probably won’t help. “The claim that the ads could win over Republicans seems, at best, speculative,” writes Heer. “Political scientists have long been skeptical of advertisements’ ability to persuade voters of anything,” argues Shephard.
The nature of American politics is that politicians usually retain the vast majority of their base, even under the worst circumstances. Even when Herbert Hoover went from a 40-state landslide victory in 1928 to a six-state landslide defeat four years later, he retained almost three-quarters of his support. Losing a few percentage points of your vote is extremely significant. If Trump manages to hold on to only 86 percent of his 2016 voters, he will lose resoundingly.
The second, more serious objection is that the Republican defectors are supposedly scheming to gain influence within the victorious Biden administration. “These ads should be seen as an attempt to stake a claim in Joe Biden’s victory so that if he becomes president he’ll give hawkish Republicans a seat at the table,” writes Heer.
It is possible that many of the Republicans supporting Biden now will turn against him should he win. It is also possible many or most will stay. Many of them are deeply alienated from the party — not only in personal terms but also in ideological terms. If Democrats somehow nominated a bigoted, ignorant, authoritarian-minded career criminal and defended his daily abuses, I would rethink the premises that had brought it to that point.
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