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applegrove

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Thu Jun 2, 2016, 07:16 PM Jun 2016

Why ‘Missing’ White Voters Won’t Help Trump

Why ‘Missing’ White Voters Won’t Help Trump

https://politicalwire.com/2016/06/02/why-missing-white-voters-wont-help-trump/

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David Wasserman: “The good news for Trump is that nationally, there’s plenty of room for white turnout to improve. If non-Hispanic whites had turned out at the same rate in 2012 that they did in 1992, there would have been 8.8 million additional white voters — far more than Obama’s 5 million-vote margin of victory. But before Democrats panic, here’s the catch, and it’s a doozy for Trump: These ‘missing’ white voters disproportionately live in states that won’t matter in a close presidential race.”



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Why ‘Missing’ White Voters Won’t Help Trump (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2016 OP
Good article for 538 Gothmog Jun 2016 #1
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