> This is a non-sensical argument
Please do not engage with me at all unless you're willing to respect the HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
> For example, here you seem to be assuming that registered voters who didn't vote don't support Trump.
No, I'm simply assuming that if someone can't be bothered to vote at all, then they shouldn't be characterized as "ride or die" with the GOP. No voting, no riding. If you do not vote for Trump, or give money to Trump, what does "support" actually mean, in a practical sense? Moreover, your link focuses on registered voters, whereas I was talking about all eligible voters, registered or not. Most importantly, your link discusses how the ideology of the electorate has changed, e.g, "Politically disengaged voters have become much more Republican", implying that these people are not necessarily ride or die and could swing back to Democrats if they were offered a better narrative. Indeed, this is precisely the overarching point of your link! The commenter I replied to claimed, "The country is fucked", but the message of your link is the opposite of that.
All of the survey data that I've seen, including the data in your linked article, shows that voters in 2024 cared most about the cost of living and inflation. Thus, if Trump's tariffs end up making things worse rather than better in this respect, support for Trump is likely to plummet among people who are not "ride or die". Congressional Republicans are clearly nervous about this, though typically hesitant to openly contradict or defy Trump.