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Republican nightmare: Trump vote-by-mail demonizing driving down GOP participation


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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republican-nightmare-trump-vote-by-mail-demonizing-driving-down-gop-participation

 

Mounting evidence in voter registration data, a survey, and organizer anecdotes shows that instead of preventing the voting method from being a major factor in the November election, his stance is turning Republican voters off from using the method entirely, which could have the effect of depressing Republican votes.

 

As he blacklists mail-in voting, he discourages Republicans from using the method as Democrats organize around it.

 

Emerging state figures on those who have requested mail-in or absentee ballots show a Democratic advantage.

 

Some of the most striking evidence yet that Trump is impacting Republican voters’ vote-by-mail attitudes rests in a Rice University survey, obtained by the Washington Examiner, of 1,002 registered voters in Harris County, Texas — the most populous county in the state that has a larger portion.

 

The survey found that 68% of Democrats said they would be very likely to want to vote by mail, but only 42% of Republicans said the same. About 38% of Republicans said they would be very unlikely to vote with a mail-in ballot, compared to 14% of Democrats.

 

But some voters are explicitly saying that they refuse to consider voting absentee because of Trump’s statements.

 

“A lot of [Trump’s] loyal followers, I would dare say, for whatever reasons — disability, inconvenience, et cetera — [are] going to need to vote absentee,” Ridge said. “To discourage potential supporters from expressing their point of view, expressing their preference, it's just, it's contradictory to the outcome he wants to take.”

 

Despite Trump, some state Republicans are doing what they can to organize mail-in votes. The Florida Republican Party sent an email in May to its supporters, reminding voters to request a vote-by-mail ballot. Pennsylvania’s GOP website includes instructions on how to vote absentee.

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I've seen a ton of idiot Trumpers saying they will not vote by mail so this all makes sense to me. And they are saying it because a retarded president is saying it. who uses fucking mail in ballots to vote himself. 

 

You can't make this up, it's too stupid to be believed. 

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2 minutes ago, IsntLifeFunny said:

Apparently the president has already taken care of that. Thanks Trump! 

Those anti-mail folks will vote in person. Would be a shame for some power outages at some polling locations on November 3rd

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2 minutes ago, luvyablue256 said:

Those anti-mail folks will vote in person. Would be a shame for some power outages at some polling locations on November 3rd

 

According to the study some won't. 

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1 hour ago, OILERMAN said:

 

According to the study some won't. 

....especially if the pandemic is still raging and they think Trump is a certain loser.  It doesn't take much of a drop off for it to be a disaster down ballot.

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