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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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arin ,

Why younger? Why not someone smarter and, empathetic?

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

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

KillingTimeItself ,

because old is generally not where smart and empathetic comes from.

Also you start to get into the area of cognitive and physical decline to the point where you start falling over if you aren’t careful, or just cant really think as well anymore.

Usually someone that encompasses the traits you propose is going to be younger, 60’s probably.

samus12345 ,
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billiam0202 ,

You know who would be a President under 75?

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d8eeb907-73d4-4e5c-94d4-fff14aec138c.jpeg

PriorityMotif ,
@PriorityMotif@lemmy.world avatar

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.

neidu2 ,

There’s a pretty good chance that US politics portraits are taken by well funded and skilled photographer(s)

theangryseal ,

Hmm. I’m sure there’s a phone video out there. BRB.

theangryseal ,

I’m back. Ok, yeah. Not 30s but I wouldn’t think someone was lying to me if they said 40s and that’s still pretty good.

Assman ,
@Assman@sh.itjust.works avatar

She is black, and I’m told it don’t crack

KillingTimeItself ,

smells like someone forgot the /s

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

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

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

i’d like to point out that she is 21 years older than stephen miller and stephen miller looks like this

nightmare fuelhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Stephen_miller_june_2016_cropped_corrected.jpg

billiam0202 ,

That’s the shit thing about being pure evil. You age prematurely but live for fucking ever.

NormalPerson ,

see: Mitch McConnell

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 ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@HurlingDurling@lemmy.world avatar

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.

I_Fart_Glitter ,

The DNC and RNC aren’t legally bound by the rules they made for themselves. There have been lawsuits in the last 8 years that have established that. They can both do what ever the fuck they want as long as they don’t piss off the really big donors.

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 ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

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.

echo ,

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

So this is an opportunity for you to learn how it really works. Harris was just officially voted to be the Dem candidate and that will be official on Monday.

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

Oh, he could abort himself, but you know that’s never going to happen. The party is stuck with the weirdo until the election, otherwise.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Harris was just officially voted to be the Dem candidate

By whom? Which voter cast a ballot for Harris? Which state did she win?

echo ,

You need to learn how the process works… you’re being intentionally ignorant which is a form of stupidity.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

You need to learn how the process works…

  • The process selects a candidate
  • The party ejects the candidate in place of a younger, more popular secondary

Me: “Republicans should do this, too”

Lemmy: ten zillion downvotes

Haters gonna hate.

captainlezbian ,

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

echo ,

He’s not going to step down, so it will have to be incapacitation which I fully support.

Ragnarok314159 ,

I don’t. He needs to lose and spend the rest of his life in prison, along with most of his children.

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).

jwt ,

… would split the party (possibly irreparably)

Especially since it’s a near certainty that Trump would just continue his presidential bid (as a write-in independent if need be).

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

repubs had like 10 chances to jettison trump between dropping him from the party, washing their hands of him, supporting the investigations, and voting to impeach… and they rejected all of them to stand by him

doggle ,

Dems changed to Harris before actually nominating Biden.

Trump is already nominated. Changing at this point would be a much bigger problem for either side.

Even if they somehow did who would take his place? Vance has been very unpopular so far, and they’ve already had a full primary this cycle; we already know they don’t have anyone better than Trump.

Also it would make them hypocrites, not that they care.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Dems changed to Harris before actually nominating Biden.

Show me the election where Harris was at the top of the ballot.

Warl0k3 ,

Sooooo… what’s your point?

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

Trump’s free to drop out and let Vance run for Prez

doggle ,

Almost a fair point; dems may not have rallied around Harris under other circumstances. But she’s only formally run one other time and that was four years ago and against a former VP (Biden). Not quite the same situation today.

Also the line you quoted doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the point you’re trying to make.

bluewing ,

A nomination does not mean that the republican party needs to back Trump. They could have simply chose someone else or even remove him from their ticket. It’s all in their control.

A primary is merely to check and see which way the political wind is blowing before the election. And nominations are not written in stone.

CaptDust ,

They’re allowed, but he needs convinced to step down.

_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 ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar

…they would prefer a president under the age of 75.

https://yt3.ggpht.com/a/AATXAJwu9fiH8LRkz6OaXlZy5wwJAQClRbQh3-3CsQ=s900-c-k-c0xffffffff-no-rj-mo

avidamoeba ,
@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca avatar

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 ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Ah, gotcha.

Reverendender ,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/4e23664b-a382-403e-a616-d7e2ba44e9ab.gif

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 ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

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!”

KillingTimeItself ,

they tried to pull alternate electorates in the 2020 election, and it didn’t work.

If they’re swing state, they probably won’t i think. Because there would likely be some kind of massive poltiical uprising in response to blatantly overthrowing electorates like that. It would likely be deeply unpopular.

it’s a concern, for sure, but unless they try to pull some real bullshit, i don’t think it’s a massive concern.

This also doesn’t even discount proposing fraudulent votes, which im not sure would matter from a legal perspective, but if you’re just, lying about votes that you’re submitting, i wouldn’t be surprised if that was not exactly, clean.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

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.

CileTheSane ,
@CileTheSane@lemmy.ca avatar

Do they have an actual platform this time or is it still “whatever Trump says we’ll follow”?

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Well, if they got rid of him, it would probably change to “the same, but with a different god emperor.”

AbidanYre ,

A Ryker in the post feels like cheating.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I’m the Riker expert around here. Don’t argue with my Riker posting.

AbidanYre ,

I can’t even spell the dude’s name right. Clearly no one should be listening to me.

plz1 ,

Nope, should’ve thought about that before getting in bed with him. Now they have to carry him to term.

TimLovesTech ,
@TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social avatar

These republicans want to get rid of candidates up to and after the 11th month!

/s

_stranger_ ,

The way you phrased that reminded me of that old X Files episode where that little dude crawls inside the fat dude.

plz1 ,

Well that’s an image one can’t un-imagine…

snekerpimp ,

So, now they want to change the ballot after they had their convention and picked their nominee? Isn’t this what republicans were screaming was illegal for the dems to do? Except that the dems hadn’t picked their nominee officially yet?

FlyingSquid OP ,
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