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Of which they’ll get 0

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I’m not so sure. I think it’s established that the percentage of Republicans who won’t vote for Trump is a lot higher than the percentage that will admit to it in front of their peers.

All we need is a few %, low single digits.

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Your uncertainty doesn’t have bearing here. There is a preponderance of evidence showing that since 2016 (and before), there number of ‘swing’ voters has diminished to basically nothing.

Neither Trump nor Biden are actually running against each other , because no voters are going to be converted from one side to the other.

They are both running against “the couch”, in that whoever can convince enough of their voters that the election is worth showing up for, will win.

Also, if you were a Republican, why wouldn’t you vote for Trump? He delivered, in one way or another, on all the major policy goals of the base. For the Republican agenda, he’s been the most effective president since Reagan.

Bidens camp is in a fever dream with this strategy. And I agree with the article. it is their strategy.

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They are both running against “the couch”, in that whoever can convince enough of their voters that the election is worth showing up for, will win.

Yep, which is why we see a massive number of people around here who are actively trying to depress Democratic turnout by complaining about Biden and the Dems. A whole bunch of alleged leftists really don’t seem like they mind another Trump presidency since they aren’t, after all, trying to convince voters to vote against that.

Bidens camp is in a fever dream with this strategy.

Oh. Huh. Imagine that.

Also, if you were a Republican, why wouldn’t you vote for Trump? He delivered, in one way or another, on all the major policy goals of the base.

You fucking what? He got three SCOTUS justices and tax breaks for billionaires and…?

He tanked the economy and killed over a million with his handling of COVID, the wall didn’t get built, Mexico didn’t pay for any of the repairs that did, Hillary has -34 felonies to her name, his trade war with China didn’t bring back manufacturing, Russia was emboldened by his term, American global superiority was damaged by his garbage foreign policy, fossil fuel usage is continuing to decline in favor of renewables…

So other than showing bigoted racists that it’s okay to be a loudmouth bigoted racist in public (which I will admit is a Republican goal) what “major policy goals” did he actually achieve?

For the Republican agenda, he’s been the most effective president since Reagan

Yeah, I would argue that he’s the least effective GOP president since Regan.

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I think they will get a percentage of the “never Trump” section of the Republican party. The real question is what that percentage of the Republican party actually is, as admitting that currently can open people’s worlds to a deluge of toxicity/ostracizing.

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Why would they vote Demonrat when they could vote libertarian or RFK Jr?

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Because they know both of those options are terrible

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