2016 Postmortem

LonePirate

(13,424 posts) Wed Oct 19, 2016, 05:53 PM Oct 2016

How many Trump voters cast their ballot for him and skip all downticket races?

I'm starting to sense that we will see a noticeable, perhaps even significant, number of Trump voters who vote for him and leave the rest of the ballot blank.

There is always a small percentage of voters who vote for President and nothing else. I think that number will swell this year, perhaps up to 10%, if not even more. Trump has sown so much discontent between his supporters and almost every other politician that many of his voters will only vote for him and nobody else.

Is anyone else sensing this or am I way off base? Sure, the vast majority of his voters will complete all of their ballot. However, there are going to be plenty who don't.

10 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

How many Trump voters cast their ballot for him and skip all downticket races? (Original Post) LonePirate Oct 2016 OP

Good and pertinent question. Trump has them all thinking that incumbents are bad. tonyt53 Oct 2016 #1

Historically its been 10% who'll vote different down ballot which is about the viewership of the uponit7771 Oct 2016 #2

They are too uninformed to know about the other races. femmocrat Oct 2016 #3

I've met a few brer cat Oct 2016 #4

It always that way. Historic NY Oct 2016 #6

It only takes a few % to shift a close race. Qutzupalotl Oct 2016 #8

That's what the hardcore deplorables are going to do workinclasszero Oct 2016 #9

Dec 1969 #

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)

1. Good and pertinent question. Trump has them all thinking that incumbents are bad.

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 05:55 PM

Oct 2016

If his supporters buy into that, then they won't vote for the downticket.

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)

2. Historically its been 10% who'll vote different down ballot which is about the viewership of the

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 05:57 PM

Oct 2016

... M$M.

Us people who got A's in civics class or who are pissed off to a degree

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

3. They are too uninformed to know about the other races.

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 06:01 PM

Oct 2016

Some might vote by "name recognition" for incumbents though.

brer cat

(24,565 posts)

4. I've met a few

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 06:08 PM

Oct 2016

who might have memorized "T r u m p" but couldn't get past that down the ticket.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)

6. It always that way.

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 06:14 PM

Oct 2016

Qutzupalotl

(14,312 posts)

8. It only takes a few % to shift a close race.

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 06:17 PM

Oct 2016

Unfortunately with gerrymandering, most House races aren't close.

Given the lopsided polls, a portion of Trump supporters will not bother and just stay home. A different portion will vote for him but no downticket Rs out of spite. Then there are the crossovers, who vote Hillary but R downticket.

It's difficult to estimate what percentage each of these represent. If it's 10/10/10, and Hillary is leading by 10, we'll have a landslide and maybe take the House too. Which would be sweet, because Obamacare needs a major revision and the pubs won't play ball.

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

9. That's what the hardcore deplorables are going to do

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 06:24 PM

Oct 2016

They hate the old school type republicans as much as the democrats!

I just ran to the gas station and tuned into the local hate radio station to see what the baggers are saying about the debate.

Hannity was on swearing vengeance against all those conservatives he said "stabbed Trump in the back".

I love watching the Deplorable republican murder/suicide/civil war I must admit!

Reply to this discussion