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MBS

(9,688 posts)
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 09:42 PM Nov 2019

interview with Pennsylvania women, part 2: mention of Mayor Pete

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/11/07/pennsylvania-voter-panel-swing-part-2-trump-camerota-newday-vpx.cnn?


To be honest, the first part of this interview (posted elsewhere on DU) left me in such despair that I didn't even think of looking at the second half. But, lo and behold, check out their answer to the question, "Would any of you consider a Democrat?" at about 4 minutes 25 seconds.
Four out of six are interested in Pete! One of the women in particular was quite enthusiastic, and bolstered her opinion with specifics, too. ("He's smart, he went to Harvard, he was in the military. . “. ) Striking, because she was the same woman who said in the first interview who didn't understand why we were giving any money to Ukraine - so I'd written her off as someone who would never appreciate someone like Pete. Well, I was wrong.
For context:
5/6 said they did NOT plan to vote for Trump in 2020 (something that also surprised me, given the things they said in the first part of the interview)
1/6 was somewhat interested in Biden
1/6 (Crystal) is a die-hard Trumpista (though, to the women's credit, they managed a good natured laugh about her fanaticism, something that I would not be able to do)

My lesson learned: listen to people - really listen to them- and, above all, never write any voter off, especially before you listen to everything they have to say. (OK, Crystal is a lost cause, but the other 5 are not).
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