It's precisely because he has an excellent instinct for pleasing his base that this has a solid chance of happening. One thing the past couple of years have taught us is that R voters care less about fiscal conservatism than earlier waves of Tea Party fervor previously suggested.
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If you think the bulk of Trump voters are driven by economic policies rather than cultural factors and demonstrations of lib owning, then I have a healthcare plan that'll cover everyone for less and higher taxes on hedge fund managers to sell you.
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Puzzling response. That's exactly what I'm saying. They don't care so much about economic conservatism. They'd rather get assistance with health care needs. So when Trump proposes to scale back big pharma's bottom line, they won't problematize that.
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I'm challenging your assumption that they care about any policy more than the spectacle of fighting Democrats. It's not that your proposed policy is or is not economically conservative. It's that it would require adapting a Dem policy position and fighting Congressional Repubs.
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I agree that they don't frequently care about any particular policy qua policy. But there are some policy *outcomes*—like paying less medical costs—that they will get excited about even if they've been traditionally pushed by Dems.
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Also, does he personally make a lot of money from big pharma? That seems like a strong explanatory variable that should factor into the prediction.
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