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bluedye33139

(1,474 posts)
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:42 PM Jul 2020

Trump supporters may be afraid of mail-in ballots

https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/trump-discouraging-turnout-party-nate-silver-71867468

Trump is discouraging his supporters from voting by mail, and that means that many of his elderly supporters will not vote in person or by mail.

The evil part of my mind wonders if this could be a psyops operation against Republican voters. In states that do use mail in ballots, Trump's supporters rejecting mail in ballots would result in lower participation.

On the other hand, thinking about reducing participation of the other party makes me feel like a Republican.

Maybe we should just let Trump discourage his own voters from voting.
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Trump supporters may be afraid of mail-in ballots (Original Post) bluedye33139 Jul 2020 OP
or it could be they never learned to read and write agingdem Jul 2020 #1
It would be interesting to have some brainy statistician run those numbers and see what floats Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #2
I think Trump wants to depress the vote, but also is scared of paper ballots?! Freethinker65 Jul 2020 #3
What Trump is scared of Chainfire Jul 2020 #4

agingdem

(7,849 posts)
1. or it could be they never learned to read and write
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 01:44 PM
Jul 2020

Last edited Sun Jul 19, 2020, 05:32 PM - Edit history (1)

not surprising considering the orange imbecile can't do either

Thekaspervote

(32,767 posts)
2. It would be interesting to have some brainy statistician run those numbers and see what floats
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:12 PM
Jul 2020

I would think since dotard voters are so superstitious and easily fooled that they would shy away from mail in ballots much more so than dems

Freethinker65

(10,021 posts)
3. I think Trump wants to depress the vote, but also is scared of paper ballots?!
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 02:45 PM
Jul 2020

He seems to be adamant about people voting in person which would mean more votes by touch screen, which are more easy to manipulate?

Trump is screwed if there is a paper trail.

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