The biggest current problem for this next generation is the failure to get beyond Trump’s populist success in selling anger and grievance to excite online donations and right-wing talk shows.

GOP primary voters told a CBS poll last month that their top priority in a presidential candidate is someone to “challenge woke ideas,” among Democrats. An unnamed candidate who makes “liberals angry,” was not far behind with 57 percent support.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Hey. Nothing in the Constitution would prevent him from running if he felt like it.

      I invite you to check out Article 2, Section 1 of the US Constitution:

      “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”

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      Unless South Africa, Musk’s place of birth, becomes a member of the Union, I think Elon is out of luck for the Presidency.

      • Thurkeau@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I actually didn’t realize that Elon wasn’t born in the US, though that didn’t stop Barack Obama, who was also shown to be born in Africa. I guess Elon could claim to be Hawaiian.