Why do some people hate the Republican party so strongly?

The rhetoric around both parties is very hyperbolic and extreme - Republicans hate Democrats just as much. Slogans like "Hate America? Vote Democrat! read more

So someone doesn't dislike the Republicans, they have to HATE them, to get any sort of traction. So that has become the dialogue and people are buying in to it and following the party line and truly hating the other side. read more

The reclamation project that is the Republican Party has long been stunted by one pesky fact: People freaking hate the Republican Party. Well, kind of. Poll after poll shows President Obama is unpopular (54 percent disapproval in new WaPo-ABC poll) and the Democratic Party is a little more unpopular (61 percent). read more

Of course it would. But anti-Trump Republicans may be making a longer-run calculation. If Trump became president, he would destroy the Republican Party. If Clinton became president, she would unite the Republican Party — against her. And the party would live to fight another day. read more