USA Today Article RatingGOP vs. GOP: Why Trump, Haley and DeSantis are going on the attack against their own party
Mar 12, 2023 View Original Article
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| "In the current race, for example, he has sought to link DeSantis to ex-Speaker Ryan and his proposal to change Social Security." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "In his newly published book, DeSantis said the party should side with conservative Americans on issues such as the Second Amendment, the right to life, election integrity, and religious liberty." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Haley, who is Trump's only announced challenger so far, has focused her current Republican critique on the issue of federal spending." | Negative | -74% Liberal |
| A new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll said that while 80 | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| Conservative rise:How the GOP got here: The rise of ultra conservatives from Barry Goldwater to Donald Trumpnn | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| Conservative rise:How the GOP got here: The rise of ultra conservatives from Barry Goldwater to Donald Trumpnn | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| In the current race, for example, he has sought to link DeSantis to ex-Speaker Ryan and his proposal to change Social Security. | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| In 1964, Barry Goldwater won the presidential nomination as part of a backlash against "Big Government". | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| nn"Both Democrats and Republicans are responsible for America's spending crisis," Haley said in a recent op-ed for USA TODAY. | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| nnSome voters belong more to Trump than the party; the North Star poll reported that 28 | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| nnSome voters belong more to Trump than the party; the North Star poll reported that 28 | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| nnSlipping support?:Trump in trouble: Republican support for his 2024 bid falls amid political, legal setbacksnnLegal trouble?: 'I won't even think about leaving': Trump at CPAC says indictment wouldn't push him out of 2024 racennRunning against one's party has been a presidential campaign tactic for more than a half-century, especially among Republicans. | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| nnFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is expected to announce his presidential candidacy in May or June, has described some Republicans as "potted plans" when it comes to fighting the nation's culture wars. | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| Candidates are "going after Trump voters," said Republican pollster Whit Ayres, who has conducted surveys of GOP voters. | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| A recent poll by North Star Opinion Research, Ayres' firm, said that a slight majority of likely Republican primary voters want an alternative; 52 | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| But it has never been the pivotal issue that it is now, some GOP members said, thanks to the Trump-led insurgency of 2016. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| Ron DeSantis does a book tour to discuss his Florida record - not Donald Trumpnn | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| Ron DeSantis does a book tour to discuss his Florida record - not Donald Trumpnn | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| He added: "There are folks who largely feel unrepresented by GOP leaders in D.C."nnHaley and her aides say she is has long been an insurgent. | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| He lost the general election in a landslide to President Lyndon Johnson. | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| Trump is still running against the Republican establishment, claiming it is still trying to thwart him. | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| nnThroughout his political career, Trump has tried to link campaign opponents to GOP establishment members. | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| Trump has pledged to be an agent of "retribution," for his followers, getting back at their enemies, be they prosecutor who are investigating him, the Chinese government, or more moderate Republicans. | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| In his speech this month to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump said that before his 2016 campaign, "we had a Republican Party that was ruled by freaks, neocons, globalists, open border zealots, and fools."nn | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| The approaches of Trump's challengers have at least one thing in common: They are trying to link the former president himself to the Republican establishment that has failed supporters on issues like spending. | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| After riding an anti-establishment wave to the presidency in 2016, Trump has amped up his attacks on Republican "freaks" and "fools" who oppose him, a continuing play for conservative voters who don't particularly like the GOP. | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| nnHer target audience for this argument: Trump supporters who may be looking for an alternative. | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| Trump's campaign against the establishment could also run into legal problems. | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| Now it seems some Republicans are following Trump's anti-establishment lead. | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| nnSixteen years later, Ronald Reagan led the conservative movement into the White House. | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| Haley and the Republicans: Nikki Haley: Spending is out of control. | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| Haley and the Republicans: Nikki Haley: Spending is out of control. | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| The method is called populism, an appeal to voter frustration with elites and the establishment that analysts say has proven effective in Republican primaries - but created problems for the party in general elections, including Trump's loss to President Joe Biden in 2020 and GOP defeats in key Senate races last year. | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| The method is called populism, an appeal to voter frustration with elites and the establishment that analysts say has proven effective in Republican primaries - but created problems for the party in general elections, including Trump's loss to President Joe Biden in 2020 and GOP defeats in key Senate races last year. | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| Since then, negative views of Trump have increased from 7 | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| Singling out a former Republican president, a high-profile GOP campaign strategist, and former speaker of the House, Trump went on to say that "we are never going back to the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove, and Jeb Bush." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| Singling out a former Republican president, a high-profile GOP campaign strategist, and former speaker of the House, Trump went on to say that "we are never going back to the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove, and Jeb Bush." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| Nikki Haley, the former Trump-appointed United Nations ambassador who has declared her candidacy, frequently attacks Republican "big spenders." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| Nikki Haley, the former Trump-appointed United Nations ambassador who has declared her candidacy, frequently attacks Republican "big spenders." | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| Doug Heye, a GOP political strategist, said candidates like DeSantis and Haley hit "the establishment" as a way to "criticize Trump without criticizing Trump directly," and thereby alienating his big base of voters. | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| Doug Heye, a GOP political strategist, said candidates like DeSantis and Haley hit "the establishment" as a way to "criticize Trump without criticizing Trump directly," and thereby alienating his big base of voters. | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| Doug Heye, a GOP political strategist, said candidates like DeSantis and Haley hit "the establishment" as a way to "criticize Trump without criticizing Trump directly," and thereby alienating his big base of voters. | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and potential GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis are looking to fire up 2024 voters by attacking a shared target: the Republican Party. | Negative | -74% Liberal |
| WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and potential GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis are looking to fire up 2024 voters by attacking a shared target: the Republican Party. | Negative | -74% Liberal |
| WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, Nikki Haley and potential GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis are looking to fire up 2024 voters by attacking a shared target: the Republican Party. | Negative | -74% Liberal |
| Haley, who is Trump's only announced challenger so far, has focused her current Republican critique on the issue of federal spending. | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| Haley, who is Trump's only announced challenger so far, has focused her current Republican critique on the issue of federal spending. | Negative | -54% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
50% : In the current race, for example, he has sought to link DeSantis to ex-Speaker Ryan and his proposal to change Social Security.49% : In his newly published book, DeSantis said the party should "side with conservative Americans on issues such as the Second Amendment, the right to life, election integrity, and religious liberty.
13% : Haley, who is Trump's only announced challenger so far, has focused her current Republican critique on the issue of federal spending.
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