Presidential Race 2024

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by nonniey

I liked Haley the best of those who ran but would have supported Desantis as well. I would not support Vance or any of the populists.

Thanks for responding. You're like the Dos Equis man or something. I don't see lot of similarities between Haley and DeSantis personally, so that's an interesting split. Doesn't mean they don't exist though.

Bonus question: How would you describe a populist?

Turnabout is fair play, I'll answer any 3 questions, if you want to ask, by Friday afternoon.

[nonniey]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

Thanks for responding. You're like the Dos Equis man or something. I don't see lot of similarities between Haley and DeSantis personally, so that's an interesting split. Doesn't mean they don't exist though.

Bonus question: How would you describe a populist?

Turnabout is fair play, I'll answer any 3 questions, if you want to ask, by Friday afternoon.

Populists use divisive them versus us tactics, resort to making promises to address acute or short term needs of a group of people (which is why populists are usually Dems in the US) that often are detrimental to the long term interests of those same people and the country as a whole. This MAGA version is isolationist, xenophobic nationalist, anti-immigration (problem is it includes legal immigration), is opposed to free trade and opposed to entitlement reform for entitlements benefiting to their group (In this case social security).