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One of the intriguing - and frequently exasperating - aspects of politics is that there is so much spin. You can’t take anything at face value. Whether it’s a candidate, his opponent, or the media, every adjective and adverb seems to be carefully chosen to advance an agenda. So, to read an essay such as yours which succeeds in analyzing just the factual data is truly valuable, Peter. Thank you.

We are left to speculate on what Haley is actually gunning for. A Cabinet position? The undisputed leadership of her faction? Maybe she is confident that Trump will be incarcerated and unable to take office, and the party will be forced to turn to the first-place Also Ran. Does she have some underhanded trick up her sleeve to make sure Trump is hauled off to prison? (I would consider possible ANY move by a power-hungry politician.)

I’m not so sure about most of DeSantis’ supporters switched to Haley, though, in spite of what the polling data suggests. I know that I, for one, could have been in favor of DeSantis, but NeverNikki.

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The shift from DeSantis to Haley in New Hampshire is not as remarkable as one might think.

However, according to CNN's exit poll data, a fair number of Haley voters were "unregistered"--meaning they were either Democrats or Independents who registered as Republican on primary day.

If most DeSantis voters went to Trump, that would imply that a fairly substantial number of New Hampshire Democrats tried to derail the Trump Train by voting for Haley (the Democratic primary in New Hampshire having been nullified by the DNC for not playing footsie with them). If THAT is the case, then Trump's support among rank and file Republicans is even greater than the polls indicate, and potentially also among the broader electorate.

Extrapolating from primary poll data into the general election is problematic at best, because of the variances within the overall electorate. However, what we will want to gauge going forward is how Trump's vote tallies in the GOP primaries compares to what an overall vote tally might be state-by-state in the general election. Among other things, that will also give us a backwards-looking metric to assess whether or not vote fraud played a role in the 2020 outcome. After Super Tuesday we should have some interesting numbers for comparison.

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And we know that we can count on you, Peter, to dig out any data that indicates voting fraud. Hmm, the thought just occurred to me that this could be what rockets you to national prominence. You’re REALLY good at this!

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He defied a Congressional subpoena. Unless you're a Democrat in good standing with the Deep State (or happen to be named Hunter Biden), that generally doesn't go over very well.

Of course, the legitimacy of the subpoena presumes there was a legitimate purpose to the J6 committee which issued the subpoena. So...do the math! ;)

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Yes. That ‘legitimacy’ underlies all of the J6 convictions.

For Navarro’s judge to just wave off his defense as ‘meritless’ seems biased and arbitrary to me. It chills my blood - what kind of police state has my country become?

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The fascist kind.

We've been heading down that road for a long time. Things have just accelerated since 2020.

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Thanks!

That would be an interesting tiger to grab by the tail, since "everybody knows" that there was no voter fraud in 2020. The Deep State said so, and is prosecuting Donald Trump for challenging their official version of "the truth".

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