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Bernardo de La Paz

(48,986 posts)
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 04:48 PM Nov 2020

Thing to remember when worried by R reports of lots of R voters.


The ballot is secret. So if a person, say the proverbial "suburban housewife", is registered as a Republican but is disgusted by tRump, that person may go with their partner to vote today.

That would be recorded as two registered Republicans and R operatives would rejoice thinking there are two R votes in the bag.

But there might be just one if the person doesn't want to reveal their true vote to their partner.

Could be as few as zero. They might both have disgust for tRump and even talked about it. Or possibly they both didn't want to say for fear of their partner getting angry or for fear of word getting out to their friends.

I think there may be more shy Biden voters than expected.

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Thing to remember when worried by R reports of lots of R voters. (Original Post) Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 OP
Correct. Trump does NOT have 100% approval among republicans..nt at140 Nov 2020 #1
And when they say they fool pollsters by saying they'll vote for Biden, some of them will! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #3
it's been reported that up to 13% gop voter will vote for biden AlexSFCA Nov 2020 #2
Repug voters would like nothing more than to convince Totally Tunsie Nov 2020 #4
There's going to be more republicans crossing the line to Biden than what they think TlalocW Nov 2020 #5
I agree. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #6

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
4. Repug voters would like nothing more than to convince
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 05:33 PM
Nov 2020

Democratic voters that "It's a done deal' R's have it, so just go home." They'd love for Dems to feel their votes aren't worth the time waiting in line.

Never believe an R!

TlalocW

(15,378 posts)
5. There's going to be more republicans crossing the line to Biden than what they think
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 05:52 PM
Nov 2020

And a whole lot fewer democrats doing the opposite for Trump.

TlalocW

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