Can we please stop with the "polls were wrong in 2016" narritive

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20. "older, first time voters without voting history"

You've nailed it again, louisc. In my local voting place, I've seen two close elections, one local, and the presidential one in 2016. In the local, a prominent businessman was trying to take over the town to gut zoning, basically. Every last uneducated, high school dropoout, and their parents and cousins, were at the polls in jeans, Sears polyester shirts, and workboots. These people gave not a hoot about politics. How did he motivate them. I don't know for sure, but I do think there was motivation of some sort.

In 2016, these same people voted. Everyone in a pickup truck who thinks you vote a "the poles" was there in full regalia, the same as the local businessman turned out. What was their motivation? Again, these people never thought about politics. It's a big deal when politicians start promising voters something, and come to town with jobs, loans, BBQ, and promises of paradise. How were they motivated? See the last sentence of the previous paragraph.

So there's your assignment louisc. "older, first time voters without voting history". Find out why and how they decided politics was their sudden thrill, these people who care about coffee, donuts, Dodge trucks, and football.