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In reply to the discussion: Two female Trump voters in a row yesterday! [View all]Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)20. I started traveling on business again just over a month ago and am blow away
at how much support I am finding for Trump, even among intelligent people.
Trump is successfully keeping the narrative about rioting, lawlessness in the minds of voters. I have never met a single person who has witnessed any rioting but it's all they see on the news, and somehow everyone but Trump is to blame for it.
Democrats need to do a better job shifting the narrative to how much of a disaster Trump has been for the economy and his disastrous handling of the COVID-19 is a large part of that, or this can end up being a repeat of 2016.
Joe Biden needs to start camping out in the swing states to get his message out, or the only message they will have is Trump's
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The LaRouchies were the same way: polite, professional, well-educated and purveyors ...
marble falls
Sep 2020
#21
in my experience with people like these women, there is deep rooted racism they hide even better
beachbumbob
Sep 2020
#3
The only time I have been surprise is when I didn't account for racism in people's
beachbumbob
Sep 2020
#39
Interesting anecdotes. I always find these stories very interesting since they give us a
smirkymonkey
Sep 2020
#5
That is an interesting nugget. Provides another glimpse of something for which one answer alone
dameatball
Sep 2020
#12
Aha! That could explain how many finally see the light when they are personally harmed.
tanyev
Sep 2020
#66
I'm afraid you hit good point. What sort of political Stockholm Syndrome is going on with ...
marble falls
Sep 2020
#19
Interesting. My brother and I who are liberal are the two who will own up to and
smirkymonkey
Sep 2020
#67
The "undecided" numbers were really bothering me because, more often than not ...
marble falls
Sep 2020
#18
I started traveling on business again just over a month ago and am blow away
Snake Plissken
Sep 2020
#20
I couldn't care less who's fault it is, I'm just telling you exactly what I see
Snake Plissken
Sep 2020
#52
I doubt they got to this level of support without heavy doses of rightwing media
LymphocyteLover
Sep 2020
#34
PCIntern, you certainly know the right things to say to your patients! Personally I don't
Illumination
Sep 2020
#46
I'll never understand how people can consistently vote against their own self-interest.
Texin
Sep 2020
#57
I don't know about 'shaking it off', but I rather suspect they married authoritarians
Texin
Sep 2020
#73
I don't know about 'shaking it off', but I rather suspect they married authoritarians
Texin
Sep 2020
#74
Again, it is base personality at play. Some folks are attracted to authoritarian relationships.
Midnight Writer
Sep 2020
#76