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#KeepIdahoIDAHO #Bundy4Governor - 23 Oct '22

Is Idaho The MOST Republican State In America?

As a political numbers watcher, I'm almost afraid to love this article as much as I do. I'll explain. But first, you DO want to read it!

idahotribune.org/news/the-numbe…

2) Let's look at the first couple of numbers Meadows (the author) share with us:

"Today, the Republican Party has 574,005 voters, while the Democrat Party has only 128,832 voters."

The total is 702,837 registered voters in the two major parties. That means 81.67% Republicans

3) I had to check my own math there. I never dreamed anywhere in America could have almost 82% Republican voters. But yes, The Democrat count = just 18.3%. The math adds up.

We have to ponder that and let it sink in. Meadows helps us. Check this out...

4) It's straight from the headline:

"Republicans Gained 150,000 Voters Since 2018, Democrats Gained Only 30,000 Voters"

There's a phenomenal story here. We have to speculate a little, but the numbers themselves shout!

5) What happened in 2018? Republicans unforgivably lost the House. It's almost as if disgruntled and disgusted Republican voters looked around as asked:

"Where can I move so as to NOT fall under the Democrat's anti-Constitutional agenda? Hey, where's the most Republican state?"

6) It's interesting, even if but in the margin of error, that 150,000 = 83.3% of the people who moved to Idaho. That's an even higher percentage than those already living there were. The state is NOT becoming Less Republican, but rather MORE so.

That, ahem, counts!

7) And yet when we look at decades of Republican leadership, and a growing Republican population, we still see the severe risk of Californiafication facing this incredble state. How can that possibly be? The answer could not clearer.

The Party does NOT = its constituents.

8) It is a growing question among the talking classes as to whether or not Bundy is Idaho's Trump? Think about that. Think about the Never Trumpers, and the lying, cheating, morally bankrupt leadership of the Republican Party in DC. Leadership does NOT = its constituents.

9) Personally, I consider Trump's discovery that he could go around the Republican Party and still win election in 2016 to be one of the great watershed moments in all of American political history. Low and behold, Meadows numbers indicate that Bundy is repeating the discovery.

Break notice...I'll be back in about 20 minutes or so to continue our analysis. In the meantime, if you haven't read the story above, do so now!

10) If you're interested in how Brad Little, the current Republican governor has governed, just head over to the votebundy.com website and you'll find all the information you need. To me, the one greatest failure is vaccine mandates and criminal enforcement of them.

11) How could it possibly be that a purportedly freedom loving, Constitution supporting Republican leader could enforce illegal vaccine mandates? Governor Little had his in place for some 200 days, the earliest and longest in the nation.

12) I am reminded of our former candidate for POTUS, John McCain and his thumbs down vote to prevent the repeal and replacement of Obamacare. How do these leaders craft their sense of loyalty to their constituents? Perhaps we need to make a list of promises made, promises broken.

13) It's worse than that. Promise made and kept or broken always take place within a tactical context. But the split is far deeper than any given issue or vote. It is a philosophical difference of precisely the sort that ends marriages and partnerships of all sort.

14) It is, indeed, a true values difference. That's what you find @RealABundy addressing in his every communication to Idaho. His values are in perfect alignment with true conservative values. The Republican Party's value are not so aligned.

15) When one puts aside one's leanings and desires, there is a practical question about who to vote for. We end up putting aside the question of who SHOULD win, and ask, who CAN win, and more, who WILL win? Everyone wants to back a winner. To my eye, @RealABundy is winning.

16) But forgetting my eye, the case that this article addresses is the challenge of "splitting the vote." The argument goes, if you vote for Bundy, you weaken the Republican vote and risk having a Democrat Governor. As we see, this case is 100% false.

17) The numbers show beyond the shadow of a doubt that the worst case scenario is reelection for Little, no matter how large a chunk of his votes Bundy takes. It is critical, therefore, to put this split vote risk aside, as there is no path in the numbers to justify it.

18) This paints the election in its clearest terms: a true conservative against a corrupt Republican. That's why @RealABundy's message is ringing true throughout the state and around the nation. Let's turn to the nation in closing. We need just one governor like @RealABundy.

19) Remember, federalism is far more than just the basis of how the government apportions representation. It incorporates both state's rights and the cauldron of competition. Idaho is winning the competition for Republican voters, already. It needs to take the next step.

20) We, the rest of America, need an honest conservative in a Governor's Office. With @RealABundy voted in, Idaho will show the rest of America how to move forward, fulfilling our destiny as never before. I mean that, and completely believe it.

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