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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,217 posts)
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 04:14 PM Jan 2022

Nearly 6 in 10 Republicans say they will not vote for any candidate who admits Biden won

'fair and square'

Despite a mountain of evidence showing the 2020 presidential contest wasn’t rigged against Donald Trump, nearly 6 in 10 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (57 percent) now say they will not vote in upcoming elections for any candidate who admits that Joe Biden won the presidency "fair and square."

Only 17 percent say they would consider voting for a candidate who accurately characterizes Biden’s victory as legitimate.

These numbers underscore the degree to which Trump’s “big lie” claiming Biden cheated his way into the White House — a falsehood that three-quarters of Trump voters (74 percent) now believe — has become a litmus test for the entire GOP, crowding out other issues and strengthening Trump’s grip on the party ahead of the 2022 midterms.

For his part, Trump has made it clear that supporting his election fabrications is key to his own personal endorsement. Indeed, the former president is backing primary candidates against state officials who bucked his attempts to overturn the election.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-nearly-6-in-10-republicans-say-they-will-not-vote-for-any-candidate-who-admits-biden-won-fair-and-square-162231610.html
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Nearly 6 in 10 Republicans say they will not vote for any candidate who admits Biden won (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2022 OP
Yes They Will ProfessorGAC Jan 2022 #1
Indeed, Sir --- Rankest Virtue-Signalling The Magistrate Jan 2022 #14
Yup! PortTack Jan 2022 #16
Good thing... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #2
Interesting OLDMDDEM Jan 2022 #3
There are no republicans, only members of a sick cult. madaboutharry Jan 2022 #4
Definitely not a cult mikeysnot Jan 2022 #5
"60% of Republicans are Brainless Idiots" FoxNewsSucks Jan 2022 #6
I wonder if it's the same that think Putin is a 'stronger" leader too. TheBlackAdder Jan 2022 #10
Great, sounds like a plan! UTUSN Jan 2022 #7
In the UK and other nations, leaders pay a heavy price simply for flouting covid rules. Here, Doodley Jan 2022 #8
I'd like to see the numbers on Republicans who won't vote for someone MineralMan Jan 2022 #9
So the majority of a minority will not vote for what the majority of Americans want? Botany Jan 2022 #11
We all know that Repukes LOVE LYING to pollsters FakeNoose Jan 2022 #12
They say that now, but they'll fall in line like usual JHB Jan 2022 #13
Anybody that votes to entertain tax evading billionaires Emile Jan 2022 #15
How many TFG voters out of 100 dweller Jan 2022 #17

madaboutharry

(40,221 posts)
4. There are no republicans, only members of a sick cult.
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 04:17 PM
Jan 2022

What does it say about a person who believes a proven lie told by a psychopath?

Doodley

(9,130 posts)
8. In the UK and other nations, leaders pay a heavy price simply for flouting covid rules. Here,
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 04:24 PM
Jan 2022

we have the superspreader Rose Garden event, calling covid a hoax, turning masks and vaccines into a culture war, and an insurrection, and the outrage and the messaging from the opposition isn't there in the way it needs to be. Trump could destroy American democracy, and lawmakers on our side are just watching it happen, instead of putting up a fight.

MineralMan

(146,333 posts)
9. I'd like to see the numbers on Republicans who won't vote for someone
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 04:25 PM
Jan 2022

who claims the 2020 election was stolen or rigged. Nobody seems to ask that question.

I have no idea, but it's not 0%, I'm sure. There are Republicans who will simply not vote for someone who proclaims the "Big Lie." Now, they might not vote for a Democrat, either, but I'll be OK if they don't vote at all in that case.

Botany

(70,588 posts)
11. So the majority of a minority will not vote for what the majority of Americans want?
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 04:25 PM
Jan 2022

Who cares?

We just have to make GOTV, make sure that vote is counted, link the GOP to being pro C-19 and
pro Trump, and show the people all the good things Biden and the Dems have done. We should not
spend one second or one dime on people who get out of bed and 1st thing in the morning is they care
abortion, "their white European Jesus", their gunz, or turn on Fox News (aka Putin's network) their
votes are gone anyway.

FakeNoose

(32,773 posts)
12. We all know that Repukes LOVE LYING to pollsters
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 04:25 PM
Jan 2022

It's their favorite pastime. The pollsters never get it, do they?

JHB

(37,162 posts)
13. They say that now, but they'll fall in line like usual
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 04:27 PM
Jan 2022

They hate us (or rather, the bad-trip hallucination version of us that is firmly lodged in their heads) more than they hate any "backsliding RINO".

They will vote for the Republican because they will vote their hate.

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