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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 05:13 PM Aug 2016

The Trump campaign has a secret plan to get out the secret pro-Trump vote. In secret states.

By Greg Sargent August 24 at 3:09 PM

For some time now, Donald Trump’s advisers have sought to explain why he’s trailing Hillary Clinton in the polls by arguing that there’s a sizable group of people out there who will vote for him on election day but are too embarrassed to admit this to pollsters. Putting aside what that would say about Trump even if it were true, professional pollsters have treated the idea with skepticism.

But now new senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway has taken this theory to a new level in an interview with a British TV station. The interview has quite a few nuggets that are worth dwelling on, not simply for their entertainment value, but for the real insights they offer into how the Trump campaign views the race right now.

CNN has a transcript of the interview. The first claim features Conway explaining why there is this hidden Trump vote in a way I have not seen before:

“It’s become socially desirable — especially if you’re a college-educated person in the United States of America — to say that you’re against Donald Trump.

“The hidden Trump vote in this country is a very significant proposition,” she said.


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The Trump campaign has a secret plan to get out the secret pro-Trump vote. In secret states. (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
Denial, Confusion, Rage. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2016 #1
Lol izzybella Aug 2016 #2
wow I don't know any Rump supporters MFM008 Aug 2016 #4
unfortunately izzybella Aug 2016 #6
And the rest of the world laughs at him. louis-t Aug 2016 #3
"Rigged election" or " secret Trump vote"? oasis Aug 2016 #5
New way to say "moral majority"... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #7
Spin, so Captain Orange can yell Rigged after the A$$ whipping. sarcasmo Aug 2016 #8
A secret poll in secret states with secret voters. LiberalFighter Aug 2016 #9
I hear there is a massively undercounted vote Blue Idaho Aug 2016 #10

Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)
10. I hear there is a massively undercounted vote
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 01:31 AM
Aug 2016

In the state of denial... I think that's what they are counting on...

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