What the Republican Party means and what it should stand for can mean radically different things to different Republican voters, but these voters are trapped under the same party in hopes of winning elections. This leads to in the words of Connolly in On Interest in Politics a “false consciousness” among voter blocks. Voters have a seemingly arbitrary choice between only two parties. A clear example of this phenomenon is the selection of Trump as the Republican candidate in the 2016 Presidential Election. While there are many voters who do genuinely support Trump, there was a significant number of Republican voters who partook in the Stop Trump movement, a concerted effort in attempting to oppose Trump. Now these voters are left in an awkward limbo support the party lines and vote Trump or continue in opposing Trump and making a Clinton and Democratic victory more likely. American voters are trapped in a two-party system not out of choice or even political apathy or laziness, but how the system is set
What the Republican Party means and what it should stand for can mean radically different things to different Republican voters, but these voters are trapped under the same party in hopes of winning elections. This leads to in the words of Connolly in On Interest in Politics a “false consciousness” among voter blocks. Voters have a seemingly arbitrary choice between only two parties. A clear example of this phenomenon is the selection of Trump as the Republican candidate in the 2016 Presidential Election. While there are many voters who do genuinely support Trump, there was a significant number of Republican voters who partook in the Stop Trump movement, a concerted effort in attempting to oppose Trump. Now these voters are left in an awkward limbo support the party lines and vote Trump or continue in opposing Trump and making a Clinton and Democratic victory more likely. American voters are trapped in a two-party system not out of choice or even political apathy or laziness, but how the system is set