No, at least not any republican will stand up to Trump. Main reason is they want to keep their job and they know Trump has the power to primary them out of office. Cheney, Romney, Kitzinger and a couple of more did defy Trump. Come next year, none of the defyers will be in elected office.
One can blame those non-MAGA Trumpers who voted for Trump if one wants. But where does the blame lie? Perhaps the blame for Trump’s win lies with the democrats. In 2020 37% of those who turned out to vote were democrats vs. 35% who were republicans. The democrats held a 2-point party affiliation advantage in 2020 over the republicans. But in 2024, the democrats increased their party affiliation to a 3-point advantage, but democrats made up only 31% of those who actually voted vs. the same 35% for the republicans. I’m still trying to figure out why so many democratic Biden voters turned out and voted in 2020, but in 2024 stayed home not bothering to vote for Harris. After all, swing voters did vote for Harris 49-46 over Trump. Had the democratic base turned out, Harris would have won and probably won fairly easy. Why didn’t they? The democrats had the numerical advantage, more democrats than republicans, but a lot of them, democrats just didn’t vote.
Why would there be so many split party tickets in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona which voted for Trump for president, then voted democratic for senator. The democratic senate candidates won in all 4 of those states and in a couple, by a large margin.
https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/national-results/general/president/0https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/exit-polls/president/national-resultsHistory shows the republicans always seem to get their folks to the polls, the democrats not so much. It’s looks to me the blame lies with democrats, democratic voters in the past which didn’t turnout to vote this year. Not with the swing voters or non-MAGA Trump voters.
