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Republicans want someone younger than Donald Trump as president: new poll

In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of Republicans surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75. Trump celebrated his 78th birthday in June. Forty percent said they had no preference, and just two percent said they would prefer a president over the age of 75.

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dumples ,

Trump can step down and not run. Biden did it. It’s all the rage right now

teamevil ,

I’m sure he was but I I’m willing to explore the possibility that he knew he was going to step down but held back until the RNC. I’d be shocked if that was accidentally strategic

Fades ,

They had their (MANY MANY MANY MANY MANY) chance(s)

arin ,

Why younger? Why not someone smarter and, empathetic?

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Because Trump loves the poorly educated, has the best brain, and Ayn Rand said altruism is evil.

samus12345 ,
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billiam0202 ,
PriorityMotif ,
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I wish 60 years old didn’t seem so young.

Crikeste ,

She is 59, you misinformation spreading tankie.😡

theangryseal ,

She do look good for 59. Maybe I’m just getting old and old is looking younger, but if someone told me she was late 30s-mid 40s I would’ve believed it.

samus12345 ,
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Even if she serves 2 terms, she’d be younger at the end than Trump was when he started his first one!

Wogi ,

“No not like that”

-Republicans

crusa187 ,

The oldest and the orangest candidate ever - lots of people are saying it.

Thebeardedsinglemalt ,

This so what people are saying…what people are talking…look…Obama wasn’t a…if Obama was my age he would…sleepy Joe Biden would be rambling…not speaking in a coherent…oh boy biden…he has to be the worst…this is what people are saying…I’m probably the best orator out here today…the bestest because Obama Hussein and laffin kaMALA…sleepy Joe who stole the election…

crusa187 ,

💀 I think we can all agree, at least the best orator since Abraham Lincoln.

captainlezbian ,

I don’t think I’ve seen a weirder candidate myself. At least Johnson had the decency to grab his own genitals

echo ,

Sorry repubs… you’re going to have to carry this non-viable fetus to term…

UnderpantsWeevil ,
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If the Dems get a reroll, I don’t see why the Repubs wouldn’t be allowed one, too.

Excited to see JD Vance at the top of the ticket. That should be fun.

DragonTypeWyvern , (edited )

They already had their convention in July. That’s why they shit themselves throwing a temper tantrum when the Dems switched, having made an assumption that the Dems wouldn’t just not nominate a sitting President.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
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They already had their convention in July.

Where they made their VP announcement, clearly without an iota of audience testing.

But nothing really stops Trump from withdrawing and ceding the nomination to his VP. Or dying, for that matter.

That’s why they shit themselves throwing a temper tantrum

I suspect that’s more just because Biden would have been easier to beat and they’re sore over not being able to coast to victory.

IamSparticles ,

I was going to suggest that they could just make Vance the candidate. I’m sure that will work out well for them.

HurlingDurling ,
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The Democrats still haven’t had their convention so they still can make whatever chabge they want. If Trump withdraws, the Republican party as a whole would be withdrawing because they already had their convention and chose their representative. Another Democrat can run against Kamala up until the convention, but once the Democratic party chooses their representative, they would also be locked in.

prole ,

But nothing really stops Trump from withdrawing and ceding the nomination to his VP. Or dying, for that matter.

Besides his crippling narcissism

echo ,

Because Dems only just now voted and elected Harris. At this point, they are also locked in. Repubs already felated, I mean elected, Cheeto…

UnderpantsWeevil ,
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Because Dems only just now voted and elected Harris.

I’m not sure what election you participated in, but my ballot listed Joe Biden at the top of the ticket.

At this point, they are also locked in

Nothing forces Trump to be president. He can quit any time he wants.

captainlezbian ,

They can still have a spontaneous abortion. All they need is for old Donny boy to step down or otherwise become incapacitated

prole ,

Because they actively participated in the deification of Trump among their base, so they know that taking Trump off the ballot would split the party (possibly irreparably).

_stranger_ ,

Sounds like they need to vote for Kamala!

ArbitraryValue ,

Well of course most people would want the candidate to be younger. I’m sure even the candidates wish they were younger. (I wouldn’t mind being younger myself.) That’s not the same thing as preferring to replace the current candidate with a different, young candidate.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Isn’t preferring a younger president suggesting you want a younger candidate?

ArbitraryValue ,

Sorry, I rephrased my post a bit. What I meant is that there’s a difference between saying “it would be better if Trump were younger” and “Trump should be replaced by someone who is younger”.

RattlerSix ,

I guess they’re rounding up on a couple of those because 59+40+2=101.

Anyway… they had younger people running against him and he won. He’s their guy and they can all go to hell with him

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Exactly. They are only saying this now because Biden dropped out.

And yes, I am guessing it was a rounding error. There’s always a margin of error on these things after all.

JoMiran ,
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avidamoeba ,
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Thank you Captain Obvious!

mightyfoolish ,

Guess we are also making fun of them when they say something normal… Wow, they said something normal!

FlyingSquid OP ,
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It would have been normal if they had thought that during the primaries and backed any of the people younger than Trump in significant numbers.

But they only feel this way after Biden dropped out.

So yeah, we’re making fun of them.

mightyfoolish ,

I was making fun of them too, just in a tounge-in-cheek way.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Ah, gotcha.

Reverendender ,
DaddleDew ,

I think they see how dropping Biden has significantly benefited the Democrats and hope the same would happen for then if they dropped Trump.

The problem for them with that is that Trump will never willingly step down. Unlike Biden he’s in it for himself and has everything to lose its he doesn’t win. This would also be guaranteed to result in crippling infighting in the party and with Trump trying to go independent.

The Republican party is f’ed. That’s what you get for selecting a selfish lunatic to lead it.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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The other problem is their convention is over. But I suppose they do have until August 7th to make the Ohio ballot with someone else. Good luck with that, guys.

someguy3 ,

It’s only f’ed if they lose (and don’t steal the election). So get out to vote everyone.

Asafum ,

We absolutely need to vote, but I’m worried that some of these R swing states are going to pull some serious shit and just deny certifying the results.

We’re going to hear a whole bunch about “immigrants voting illegaly” and “ballot stuffing” or the good ol’ “the numbers (that we won’t provide) don’t match up! Dead people are voting!”

samus12345 ,
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It would indeed be better for the GOP if Trump stepped down, but of course the GOP decided that they ARE Trump, so they’re stuck with him for the rest of his life.

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