Throw Back Tuesday

 On February 8, 2018, I posted about the direction of the Republican Party and offered a syllogism that I borrowed from an article in The Atlantic. I argued that the Republican Party under Donald Trump had become Trump's party. It had lost its way, abandoning its conservative ideology in favor of supporting Trump because he could give them a tax cut, fewer regulations of everything, and justices on the federal courts. I called for a Republican Party that returned to its conservative values within a framework of support for the American Ideals of individualism, equality, liberty, democracy, and constitutionalism. Nobody reads this blog; so my pleas were unheard. 

Republicans now face an opportunity to "do the right thing." Failing to convict Donald Trump of the House impeachment charges and foregoing the opportunity to prevent him from ever holding public office in the future, the Republican Party cannot stand for the values listed above. Donald Trump has no ideological values; he is transactional and only cares about policies that promote his wealth and personal power. 

This is a plea to Republicans to convince their senators that taking a stand is what they need to do. Take a stand for American democracy and the future of the Republican Party; convict Donald J. Trump of inciting an insurrection and prohibit him from ever holding public office again. Please! 

Party Identification in Texas

 The Lyceum Poll was published in January 2021. The sample includes Texans who are 18 years of age or older. Among the sample, 70 percent were registered voters. The results are quite different from the party identification of registered voters in Texas. As you can imagine, they are more likely to be independents, people who identify with neither major party. Also, those who do identify are less likely to consider themselves strong partisans. Here are the results: