Trump's allies can't sway him on mail-in voting , fear older voters will sit out election

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‘A huge risk’: Trump’s allies can’t sway him on mail-in voting
Trump briefly curbed his mail-in voting criticism, but then appeared to suggest voters should cast two ballots, fueling new concerns he is damaging his chances in November.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/12/trump-mail-in-voting-411608

For a few weeks, Donald Trump’s advisers had seemingly gotten through to him — the president was finally encouraging his supporters to vote by mail, at least some of the time.

On-message Trump didn’t last long. He recently appeared to suggest people vote twice — voting in-person as a way to determine if their mail-in ballot had been counted — later warning Democrats would be “thieving and stealing and robbing” their way to an election win. Now, five Republicans close to the president’s campaign say that if Trump keeps up his vacillating mail-in voting rhetoric, they fear infrequent voters, especially older ones, will simply sit out the election.

In an election where a record number of Americans are expected to cast ballots by mail, that could cost Trump a victory.


“He should be encouraging people to do it, if that makes them feel more comfortable,” said Karl Rove, a veteran Republican strategist who has been informally advising Trump's campaign.



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Democrats — and even some Republicans — suspect Trump of trying to undermine confidence in the election in order to explain away or fight a potential loss in November.

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