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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas anyone heard a single voter say "I didn't vote for Trump, but I support him now?"
That has to be a rare individual, if one exists at all. Trump has done nothing to win over a single voter since his election.
I think that his base is around 33% (and of that, about 5% are people who never voted before and may never again). do you think there is an African-American who will say, "ya, you know, he's won me over?" or a woman? or a Latino?
Now, I'm not talking about every woman or minority. I'm talking about someone who was not taken in by this con man last year, but has converted to Trump since. That person does not exist.
Thats a good one
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)And shouldn't.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Since they never vote, they don't matter much in terms of elections, but they do talk.
D_Master81
(1,822 posts)I know a guy who was a nevrr trump guy who is really a libertarian more than repub. But he said hes been surprised at trump. Says hed be a good president if he stayed off twitter.
dembotoz
(16,806 posts)Would now.
A huge number of potential voters stayed home for whatever reason.
Stupid to think they would all vote Hilary or hate trump
louis c
(8,652 posts)or not vote at all, or vote for a Libertarian?
I'm saying that a person went into the booth, didn't vote for Trump and now would. I don't think that person exists.
dembotoz
(16,806 posts)We got stung assuming an hrc landslide.
Let's not do that again.
louis c
(8,652 posts)the point of the OP is not assumption.
I have run into people who regret voting for Trump, but I have not run into a soul who says the opposite. That's a statement of fact. Admittedly, anecdotal, but a fact none the less.
Has anyone here run into a single person who has said "I didn't vote for Trump in 2016, but he's changed my mind. I'd vote for him today.'
That's not an assumption, it's a question.
dembotoz
(16,806 posts)Voted hrc but generally happy with trump...
louis c
(8,652 posts)Polling data would indicate that's very rare. Otherwise, Trump's numbers would be above 46% (his total in 2106), and even the most generous polls have him below that. Most polls have him in the 30's.
And before you remind me that the polls were off in 2016, may I contend that they weren't. The final polls had Hillary ahead by 3 points. She won by 2. The polls that now have trump in the low to mid 30's, even in they're off by a point or two, indicate that Trump has lost any soft support he had, and is picking few, if any, new voters. Your friend may be one of those few.
Oh, and another thing. I never assumed Hillary was a lock. I thought she was the favorite, but I personally told others (and I was working for Hillary in New Hampshire and I am a Democratic Party operative in Massachusetts), that we should just be locking down the victory by concentrating on the sates that get us above 270, and not worry about Arizona and Georgia. If you remember, she campaigned in those two states in late October. It's not that I am so smart, it's just that for what was at stake, we should never had taken anything for granted. Winning was important. The final score was meaningless.
WE ARE SC13
(24 posts)but that is just me.
ffr
(22,670 posts)Thanks for bringing that up.
doc03
(35,340 posts)him now. They are embarrassed to admit they voted for him.
Vinca
(50,273 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)as bad as thought. The only way that would have happened is if he had shut up and just laid low and let people give him credit for the stock market. He is incapable of not bragging and taking credit for things he had nothing to do with.