he does seem to control the MAGA-moron-mob.... so there is that...

hench the desperation right now.

Maybe not 51%, but close enough to 50% to be a problem.

It’s probably the same answer — Fear and/or Greed (the fuel of corrupt governments)

and has been for a long time.

And it goes beyond fear of the president himself. They know that his attacking them it increases the chances that one of the unhinged maga cult will go after them.

Like a mob boss.

Only thing that makes sense to me.

Guessing of course.

for fascist movements.

as a reason why he still holds power in the party.

…to be a Republican. These people aren’t the brightest.

He's evicted the old style Republican political order.

Trump owns the Republican brand.

I thought voting numbers were showing ho-hum turnout for GOP candidates in general.

and are likely voting in Democratic primaries instead of Republican ones.

1. A lot of Republicans believe that is liberals hate him, he must be doing something right.
2. Partisan media. When your news filter screens out any negative news, you miss important news, which slights your opinions.
3. Every President while in office is the most hated man in America. Even Lincoln was despised while in office.
4. Fear, as noted above.
5. There's a vacuum besides Trump. No one else is in a position to hold sway like Trump.

From the first Star Wars movie (was that really 49 years ago?).

The Republicans haven’t yet figured out that the emperor has no clothes, and that big spear of his has no blade at its tip. Maybe they never will. It took the Germans a carpet bombing of their cities before they realized that their Führer was leading them straight to Hades.

his Stephen Miller -- Roy Cohn -- duped the conservatives. McCarthy lied like djt does. Joe even lied about being a WWII hero, which, at that time, carried political gravitas.

Broadcast and print media finally broke through to the public, which influenced Congress, and the tide began to turn. Similarly, it will take we the people to stuff Trump's BS down his own throat by refusing to support all Repugs.

It's a mistake to look at national polling.

For example... poll 5 million people in Los Angeles and there is 20% support level...

But go to 20 cities of 250k people and he's at 50% support

Anti-Trump sentiment is DEEP but not broad.

Just look at 24 election results.

any actual values or humanity and have a bunch of empty suits who care only about money and mouthing platitudes about religion to keep the rubes compliant.