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Buckeyeblue

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17. I think it's Covid.

Reply to mtnsnake (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:51 AM

Nov 2020

Low info/low IQ voters who were on the fence broke for Trump because they are overwhelmed by the way Covid restrictions have changed their lives. They don't like masks. They don't like online school. They wants bars opened the way they used to be.

Trump had really tapped into this group the last month or two. I think when he got infected (if he really did) and recovered quickly, this signaled to this group that it was ok to get Covid.

There are a certain percentage that will always vote Republican because of abortion, guns, religion, gay rights, etc. Probably in the low 40's for all of those issues combined.

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Why do you think the prisoner-elect got as many votes as he did? [View all] mtnsnake Nov 2020 OP

Touch-screen voting machines may have had something to do with it sandensea Nov 2020 #1

Fox News viewers are not exposed to any negative coverage of him. patricia92243 Nov 2020 #2

+1 sandensea Nov 2020 #4

Also, consider the The Ipsos/Reuters poll Siwsan Nov 2020 #3

Sorry but I think I have had enough of polls exboyfil Nov 2020 #7

This is what I think given many of my high school friends exboyfil Nov 2020 #5

I think your answer is accurate, but it's a sad reflection of how those issues are mtnsnake Nov 2020 #9

Pretty much. ooky Nov 2020 #13

it's a cult XanaDUer2 Nov 2020 #6

+1 n/t Laelth Nov 2020 #12

if you listen to foxnews for even 3 minutes, you get it. it's a warped, delusional bubble. unblock Nov 2020 #8

But something like only 3 million Americans a day Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #18

there's also hate radio (rush limbaugh, etc.) unblock Nov 2020 #26

Yes, I agree with everything you're saying. Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #31

we definitely need to be more media-savvy, and much more coordinated. unblock Nov 2020 #35

How did it happen in Germany? Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #10

Bigotry, Greed , Selfishness , Resentment , just plain assholes JI7 Nov 2020 #11

White supremacy and toadyism GreenEyedLefty Nov 2020 #14

I don't understand what folk here don't get about racism. Solomon Nov 2020 #25

Remember Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #15

Ask the Russian hackers JCMach1 Nov 2020 #16

I think it's Covid. Buckeyeblue Nov 2020 #17

Interesting. mtnsnake Nov 2020 #21

Initially I thought Covid would be his undoing Buckeyeblue Nov 2020 #37

Cheating and fraud. onecaliberal Nov 2020 #19

Obviously, tax reform... czarjak Nov 2020 #20

because some of these magats onethatcares Nov 2020 #22

It isn't one thing but white-anxiety and Fox News are two huge factors. Statistical Nov 2020 #23

VOTING MACHINES Crazyleftie Nov 2020 #24

More Latinos and Black people voted for Rice4VP Nov 2020 #27

White supremacy is a hell of a drug. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #28

It is all about the hate for democrats and liberals, period. Hotler Nov 2020 #29

He hates the people that they hate JT45242 Nov 2020 #30

Someone on MSNBC last night said that republicans were NOT answering poll calls. GemDigger Nov 2020 #32

My dad and many seniors like him. Arthur_Frain Nov 2020 #33

Does he miss the Robber Barons, old school burrowowl Nov 2020 #38

Propaganda works Yeehah Nov 2020 #34

Rec for the prisoner-elect malaise Nov 2020 #36

GNN moondust Nov 2020 #39