When discussing conservative politics, you’ll often hear Ronald Reagan’s quote that Republican is an 80/20 label. We most often agree on 80% of issues and disagree on the remaining 20%. The twenty percent is typically the exception you’ll find noted in the survey responses above. What then can a Republican voter expect from their elected representatives? Can they expect at least 80% alignment with party values and policy objectives?
We’ve been in Pocatello for 12 years now. Not much remains consistent. Unlike restaurant or retail operations, the politics here are consistent and consistently toxic. We’re on our 7th Pocatello election, and what remains unchanged is the mean girl politics.
The greatest tragedy in all of this is that the medical freedom our legislature hopes to achieve comes through independent doctors. The kind of doctors who don’t dance in the streets for Black Lives Matter while you’re locked in your home during a pandemic. The kind to support crisis pregnancy centers. The kind to reject experimental gender care, and the kind to correct the Republican Party platform when it criminalizes a menstrual cycle.