I question the general use of the word "conservative" to identify a wide group of people. I voted for Trump three times now, yet I could be more closely identified as a liberal according to the actual definitions of the terms, although I am not a liberal by the definitions used by the media today. Looking at people, however they identify themselves, who voted for Trump, the difference isn't so much that Trump is alienating his base, so much as it is that we don't blindly follow a leader or the leadership of a political party in the way that those who consistently vote Democrat do. This can be seen among individual voters and among elected officials, with Democrats rarely voting contrary to the party line, or even daring to publicly disagree with the party line, while Republicans are all over the place. People who voted for Trump don't feel as if they have to blindly agree with every damned thing that he does. We think for ourselves, and if we think something is wrong, we'll call it out.
Conservative says 'Trump fatigue' is real — and getting to him
Invoking a counterpoint to the idea of "Trump Derangement Syndrome," a conservative pundit argued that "Trump Fatigue" is a very real thing, which he would know because he has "got it."www.alternet.org
Even some conservative people suffer from "Trump Fatigue": Trump creates chaos, etc.
Democrats can send absolute idiots, like Hank Johnson, to Washington, D.C., because they're not expected to be able to understand the issues; they are told how to vote, and they vote that way. Hank stands out only because he actually speaks sometimes and leaves no doubt. On our side, we have Mitch McConnell, who wasn't always an idiot, but at this point in his life, he probably has to be reminded to breathe. It doesn't matter as long as he presses the right buttons.
We get frustrated with elected Republicans, like Maine's Susan Collins, who frequently vote with the Democrats, not because we want someone who blindly votes the party line, but because we have to do that to get anything passed, because elected Democrats don't even bother considering the issues, but simply vote as they are told, like automatons.
I took a poll on the upcoming elections in Maine. Among the questions were those where I was asked to rate the candidates. I answered that I was extremely dissatisfied with Susan Collins and that I was extremely dissatisfied with her opponent, Troy Jackson. When asked who I would be voting for in November, I said that I would be voting for Susan Collins. The fact that I disliked her opponent even more didn't mean that I liked her any better than I would have liked her if she had a less objectionable opponent. For Maine's 2nd District House seat, I indicated that I was extremely dissatisfied with the Republican candidate, Paul LePage, whom I had voted for when he initially ran for governor, but I didn't vote for his reelection because he's a pompous ass. As for his opponent, Democrat Matt Dunlap, I indicated that I was dissatisfied with him, not extremely dissatisfied, but that I would be voting for Paul LePage. I am familiar with both of them, and Dunlap is a nice guy, and a few years ago, his political views were largely reasonable. However, this time around, he refuses - because, as a Democrat candidate, he isn't allowed to - disavow the communist wing of the party, and is dutifully spouting the communist line. I doubt that he agrees with it, but he'll vote for it. Paul LePage, on the other hand, is an ass, but he'll probably vote right most of the time. This will be the first time that I have voted for Susan Collins, and I didn't vote for LePage's second run for governor.
It would be nice if we had elected officials who took the time to understand the issues and to vote in the best interests of their state or country rather than their party, but if only one political party does that, they will be rendered ineffective.
For most of my time in Maine, I have been unenrolled, which, in Maine, means registered to vote but not aligned with any political party. I briefly registered to vote in 2008 to vote for Ron Paul in the Republican Primary, and ended up running as a Republican candidate for the State House that year, and then I again registered as a Republican in 2012 in order to vote for Ron Paul again in the primary.
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