Capitol Hill Blue Forums Political Issues Politics In General Where have all the conservatives gone?

I’ve been thinking about this. There are conservatives, especially traditional conservatives that don’t like Trump. But they see no alternative coming from the Democratic Party, perhaps viewed as the more evil or worst choice than Trump. We already know that Trump and Clinton set the record as the most disliked major party candidates ever or since Gallup and Pew Research started keeping track of these things.

It’s interesting to note that 16% of self-identified conservatives voted for Clinton in 2016, 16% also voted for a Democrat for congress in 2018. That’s not bad when one considers only 8% of Liberals voted for the Republican candidates.

https://www.cnn.com/election/2016/results/exit-polls

https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/exit-polls

Then you have 21% of conservatives giving Trump a somewhat favorable view instead of very favorable. Question 71A. Possibly meaning they’re not enthralled with Trump, but he’s probably better than the Democratic alternative. 8% of conservatives have a somewhat unfavorable view of Trump, 11% very unfavorable. It’s this latter 19% in my opinion that could easily vote Democratic in 2020 along with enticing some of the 21% somewhat favorable with the right candidate.

https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/x3neaunoh2/econTabReport.pdf

I’ve always classified myself as a Goldwater conservative with some of Perot thrown into the mix. More or less a traditional conservative. What I have seen is this group, my group have remained quiet during Trump’s presidency. Mostly sitting, watching, listening. Pretty much what I have done. Most are in neither the pro or anti Trump camps. But are looking for an alternative to Trump. So far the Democrats have failed to come up with an acceptable alternative. Hillary certainly wasn’t. So we’ll sit on the sidelines and wait to see how 2020 plays out.