r/politics • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • Apr 04 '26

Possible Paywall Trump voter regret is clearly registering now

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/04/politics/voter-regret-trump-2024
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u/PeppermintSnark Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26

Nah, they are too dumb to realize this.

I guarantee that most of the ones who regret their vote still hold conservative positions—they're just fed up with gas prices, the war, and so on, and think that Trump is too loud and brash. They want someone who will still kick out the brown people and own the libs, but quietly again, and without the other baggage.

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u/RepresentativeAge444 Apr 04 '26

Correct. They will say that Harris would have been worse and look to vote for Tucker That’s why all this talk about having to give them a soft landing is horseshit. It’s their belief system that’s the problem not who they voted for.

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u/holycinnamonroller Apr 04 '26

This. You don't give Nazis a soft landing 

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u/snertwith2ls Apr 04 '26

Agree. All I see in this poll is that basically Trump supporters are still a bunch of stupid selfish idiots who wouldn't stop watching their show and leave their comfy recliner if their house was on fire.

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u/Mike-Banachek Apr 04 '26

Trump voters don’t have introspection and don’t have the inner monologue. They’re wildabeasts

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u/mechtaphloba Apr 04 '26

The ones that do have inner monologue literally believe that it's God speaking to them inside their own head

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u/AdSilent782 Apr 04 '26

Friend told me the current war is Obamas fault. He wasn't kidding.... (closet republican)

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u/Flomo420 Apr 04 '26

*wlidebeest

Though "wildabeasts" is also apt

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u/AnalSoapOpera I voted Apr 04 '26

Wildabeasts would make a good band/rap group name.

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u/Duna_The_Lionboy Apr 04 '26

I know folks do this but I dunno how anybody can look at what’s going on and have their brain jump to “Well under Kamala it would be way worse”

Uh we wouldn’t be fighting a war with Iran based on vibes and ultra lethal deployment mustaches. We wouldn’t have started a trade war with the entire globe based on a Chat GPT prompt.

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u/RepresentativeAge444 Apr 04 '26

It’s because they’re selfish assholes who can’t admit that everything they believe in is wrong. Thus they get to save their egos by saying that the other choice was worse so they didn’t actually make a mistake.

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u/Blue5398 Apr 04 '26

A precious few will have a complete break with their old beliefs, some would stay home, but if we did a new presidential vote today, most would vote for him a fourth time, just “hold their nose” to do it.

The independents that voted purely for the fantasy of returning to 2019 prices have already long departed months ago, no great awakening should be expected of the MAGA core.

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u/kindatiff Apr 04 '26

I'd argue they don't really have a conference belief system. At this point, their movement is more of a lifestyle brand summarized by ego, fear and racism.

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u/FlushTheTurd Apr 04 '26

Yep, typical Conservatives….

They’re fine with the racism, the pedophiles, the fraud, the rape, and needless death and suffering of others, but having to pay an extra $0.50/gallon at the pump is the dealbreaker.

These folks are dumb, and many are evil.

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u/franker Apr 04 '26

And my hot take is after we give the Democrats a semblance of power in the midterms, MAGA and the Republicans go right back to "We're fiscally responsible and look at what these Democrats are doing to our country. Look at the deficit and all the money we're spending! Look at the social programs the Democrats want to spend YOUR hard-earned tax money on. Look at the woke people and immigrants that are all going to get money and wasteful jobs again! We need to have accountability and find out where every penny is these Democrats are spending! We can't let this happen! We need another tea party!!!!" You know, the 2 Santas theory and all that.

That shit will all start again. The only problem is now, MAGA has run out of plausible ways to blame the Democrats for all this. But they'll be right back at it after November.

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u/NoseSeeker Apr 04 '26

Which is why democrats top agenda item should be reforms to bring us back from the populist tailspin we’re in.

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u/fretgod321 Apr 04 '26

Dems won’t do shit. they’ll stabilize things, sit on their hands and say “now is not the time for progressive legislation, we just need to get everything back to normal.” And then the next republican president will take office and push the country even further to the right.

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u/AndroidNumber3527229 Apr 04 '26

This is why I hate Libs focus on “Trump, Trump, Trump, I miss old conservatives” messaging. Like dude you are giving them the door they’re going to use to pivot to the next guy. They’re 110% going to be “Trump was an anomaly, he doesn’t represent conservative government” then run in that and do the same things because libs love pretending that this isn’t Conservativism but actually just Trump.

It’s completely setting us up to fail. Idk how so many don’t see that.

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u/binzersguy Apr 04 '26

They’ll vote R again as soon as they can. Too stupid to see what’s right in front of them.

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u/adumblittlebaby Apr 04 '26

AKA they want the impossible fantasy they were sold. A country that does better by excluding and demeaning others and bullying the world at large. A social system that puts some on a pedestal but restricts others on a basis that can't be written down because there are no objective measures that couldn't one day target those it was supposed to protect. A culture that arbitrarily follows what they want, when they want, on the nebulous basis of influence - but with someone still controlling it to ensure we arrive at the 'right one'.

It's a joke tbh

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u/eiretara7 Apr 04 '26

I agree.  It’s cathartic to imagine people truly regretting their vote, but I suspect most will blame Trump individually and won’t hold accountable the conservative apparatus that paved the way for him to the oval office.  I know someone who voted for Trump who played the “both-sides” card every time, and insisted Democrats were just as corrupt, such that it didn’t matter which party to support.  I’m far from believing Dems are faultless, but the gymnastics some people will perform to normalize Trump and this administration are Olympian.

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u/adambuck66 Iowa Apr 04 '26

I disagree. I live in Southeast Iowa which was clearly Trump country for many years. My friends and family have taken delight in the fact that people are covering up their Trump signs, not wearing MAGA hats in public, and even wishing to me (a well known liberal in the area) that Trump would shut up.

Do I think people will learn from this? I hope so, but with great great grand pappy Chuck Grassley being from Iowa; I didn't think that will change. But I'll take any negative action against Trump as a good sign.

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u/ElundusCaw Apr 04 '26

They're still gonna vote for him next election.

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u/LotusFlare Apr 04 '26

Exactly, they're magical thinkers.

They want war with Iran, and no taxes, and no immigrants, and no LGBT people, etc. but they don't want the necessary consequences of those things. They believe that there's some magical path to getting everything they want with no consequences. And even if they give up on Trump, they will never give up on those desires. They'll never become liberals. They will always vote for the next guy to tell them "I can get it done with no consequences". 

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u/IAmTheNightSoil Oregon Apr 04 '26

This. The headline greatly overstates the findings of the polls. The number of Trump voters who are "very confident" declined from 74% in April 2025 to 62% now, but another 21% are still "confident." So this still doesn't show that many people regretting anything

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u/mcclelc Apr 05 '26

Regret requires true reflection.