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2016 Postmortem

NanceGreggs

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4. Common sense tells me ...

Reply to RBInMaine (Original post)

Sun Oct 23, 2016, 09:08 PM

Oct 2016

... that there will be a lot of stay-at-home Republicans in this election.

There are GOP voters who don't support Trump, but don't want to vote Dem or Third Party. So they'll just sit this one out.

There are also GOP voters who see the "Trump can't win" writing on the wall, and feel that their vote won't turn the tide - so why bother?

It's simple. Too many Americans see voting as a hassle - and they're not going to put themselves through that hassle for (a) a candidate they don't really support and/or (b) a candidate who they believe is unlikely to win whether they vote or not.

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Will some R's see the writing on the wall, lose enthusiasm, and stay home? [View all] RBInMaine Oct 2016 OP

Maybe stay home oiling their gunz and honing their hatred. Hoyt Oct 2016 #1

Already happening Johnny2X2X Oct 2016 #2

This place needs to make its mind up whatthehey Oct 2016 #3

Common sense tells me ... NanceGreggs Oct 2016 #4

nope, R's will crawl through broken glass to get tot the polls every time, dems will stay home to putitinD Oct 2016 #5