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Whiskeytide

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12. I think we are underestimating the probable increase in ...
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 11:45 AM
Oct 2020

... new voters for Tя☭mp.

In 2016 there were record new registrations in almost every deep red county in Alabama. These were, I believe, previously disengaged deplorables who got excited about Tя☭mp’s racist overtones, and decided to get off their ass and vote. They came down from the hills in droves.

But I don’t think ALL of them were quick enough on the uptake to get registered to vote in 2016. Many more have since jumped on the Tя☭mp bandwagon since his barely concealed dog whistles have become blaring foghorns in the last 4 years. They will vote this time around, alongside all the others who popped up previously.

It’s true he has shrunk his base. But he may also have increased his voting base, and that is worrisome. The experience in Alabama is likely occurring across many other states to one degree or another.

We HAVE to GOTV.

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