{"id":771,"date":"2026-05-21T10:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/california-relocation-journal.com\/?p=771"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:30:18","slug":"maga-still-loves-trump-what-does-that-mean-for-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/california-relocation-journal.com\/?p=771","title":{"rendered":"MAGA still loves Trump. What does that mean for November?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tuesday night, America voted in primary elections and the big winner was President Trump. <\/p>\n

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One after another, his enemies \u2014 and by that I mean anyone who has ever done anything other than grovel \u2014 were defeated in elections across the country. <\/p>\n

Rep. Thomas Massie, the Kentucky Republican, was perhaps the most high-profile to go down in flames. Massie, you may recall, joined with his California Democratic colleague Ro Khanna to campaign for the release of the Epstein files, which made Trump big-mad since his name is in them a lot. <\/p>\n

The Trump-endorsed candidate Ed Gallrein won instead. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou are ruled by the Epstein class that cares nothing about you,\u201d former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, also a victim of Trump\u2019s ire, posted on social media after Massie\u2019s loss. \u201cTonight the future of the Republican Party was destroyed.\u201d <\/p>\n

But was it? Or is it simply now crystal clear that it is a party that will follow its leader, no matter the consequence \u2014 even personal ruin? And if Trump still wields this much power over his base, what does it mean for the November general election?<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans are united behind President Trump,\u201d RNC spokesperson Kiersten Pels told Politico. \u201cWhile the media tries to manufacture division, Republicans remain focused on delivering results for the American people and building momentum heading into 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

As much as I\u2019d like to believe Greene has a point (I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m saying that), all signs instead indicate Pels is, at least mostly, right \u2014 the Republican party is alive and well, by Trump\u2019s standards, anyway, and may be gaining momentum for a November none of us will ever forget. <\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s proof<\/h2>\n

Gallrein wasn\u2019t the only Trump-backed Republican to win voter approval. Trump also saw his candidates win in places including Idaho, Pennsylvania, Alabama and Georgia. <\/p>\n

And in Texas, Trump threw down another retribution bomb by endorsing state Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn. That race will go to a runoff next week, with Paxton\u2019s chances significantly boosted. <\/p>\n

And in case there\u2019s any doubt on why Trump is choosing his favorites, just check out his reasoning in his own social media post for that endorsement. Spoiler: It has nothing to do with the good of the country or even the Grand Old Party. <\/p>\n

Paxton, Trump wrote, is \u201csomeone who has always been extremely loyal to me,\u201d even trying to help Trump overturn the 2020 election results. Meanwhile, Cornyn \u201cwas not supportive of me when times were tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

So personal loyalty is the name of the game, and Republicans seem more than willing to play it.<\/p>\n

Still, there has been some chatter that ousted lawmakers including Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, who just lost his primary to a Trump candidate, could gum up the works for Trump in their remaining months. Cassidy voted with Democrats this week on a war powers resolution to at least slow down Trump\u2019s Iran offensive. <\/p>\n

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Personally, I wouldn\u2019t bet on it. Recent polls have shown Trump\u2019s approval ratings to be down in the dumps, but not with Republicans. They still love this guy. <\/p>\n

A poll by Echelon Insights this week found that 74% of GOP voters view Trump favorably. That\u2019s about the same percentage of people who love Costco and NASA, and who doesn\u2019t love Costco and NASA?<\/p>\n

Add to that a Wednesday poll from Quinnipiac University that found that while 64% of voters disapprove of the way Trump is handling the economy, 73% of Republicans actually approve<\/i> \u2014 for real. They are OK with $6 gas and beef priced like gold. <\/p>\n

Granted, that\u2019s down from 88% of Republicans loving this economy a month ago, but still, three-quarters of Trump\u2019s base backs this dumpster fire of financial mismanagement and looting. <\/p>\n

In the same poll, 80% of respondents said congressional Republicans should be doing more to work with Trump, while 13% said they should be standing up to him. <\/p>\n

Folks, Republicans are not turning away from this president \u2014 they are embracing not a party, but his one-man rule, and doing it with a big, warm bear hug. <\/p>\n

Get to November<\/h2>\n

What does all that mean for the November election? Not a whole lot of good for Democrats, but I\u2019ll start with one possible bright spot: Texas. <\/p>\n

Yes, Texas \u2014 where, if Paxton does beat Cornyn, Democrats will do a happy dance. That\u2019s because Paxton is seen as the more extreme candidate, plagued by scandal, and would be running against the increasingly popular everyman-preacher man James Talarico. If Talarico prevails, he would be the first Democratic to win a statewide office in the Lone Star state since the 1990s. <\/p>\n

But on the national front, there is very little reason to believe any Republicans will break with Trump, as voters or candidates. That means it will come down to gerrymandering and independents, neither of which is especially hopeful for Democrats. <\/p>\n

In the Echelon poll, 68% of independent voters said they believed the country was on the \u201cwrong track,\u201d with more than one-third citing the economy as their most important issue. The Quinnipiac poll found that only 26% of independent voters who responded approve of how Trump is handling the job of president. <\/p>\n

But. <\/p>\n

Both polls found independent voters also did not approve of the job Democrats are doing in Congress \u2014 almost three-quarters had a bad impression. Despite all of the middle-ground voter animus toward Trump and those he backs, Democrats apparently have done almost nothing to capitalize on it. <\/p>\n

The takeaway is that the voters who will decide November \u2014 at least in the remaining places where maps are not rigged \u2014 really don\u2019t like any of their choices, and may just hold their noses and vote for whoever seems least-worst. <\/p>\n

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If he finds a way to bring prices down, that could be Trump\u2018s GOP. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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