In an interview with Punchbowl News, Donald Trump said straight out that his voters just might not show up for GOP candidates this fall. That’s a striking admission of one of the thorniest problems the GOP faces. But it gets worse. Trump also declared that “a lot” of his voters are “not angry at me,” but “are very angry at Republicans.” That will likely be read by his supporters as a declaration that Republicans are failing Trump, and as encouragement to stay home. Meanwhile, polling shows MAGA voters turni…

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    LOL, I just saw some man on the street type of interview and the guy is super disappointed in his vote for Donvict. He said he “won’t even vote” next time.

    Facepalm

    Seriously, so many voters just cannot see themselves possibly voting for Democrats. It’s either come out and enthusiastically support the Republican, or…get pissed about the inevitable outcome of a Republican being in office and of course fucking up everything, including, duh, the economy (how Republicans got a rep for “handling the economy well” is just dumbfounding), and then be so GGRRR MAD that you…won’t vote at all.

    Anyway, don’t get lulled by headlines like this. Get out there and vote.

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      14 hours ago

      Decades of Right Wing News and Radio propoganda.

      They frame democrats as working with the litetal Christian Devil. If you are a Christian and believe this you cannot possibly think of voting for a Dem no matter how bad the Republican candidate is. They make it a choice of good vs evil not policy differences