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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am tired of hearing about the hidden trump voter
Trump supporters are not hidden. They are the loudest most in your face people with their car bumper stickers, yard signs, talking at work, twitter and FaceBook post, participation in fake online polls etc...
sarae
(3,284 posts)they're more likely to be hidden Clinton votes, especially in red areas. And it wouldn't be because they're embarrassed, but because they're afraid of all the anti-Hillary hostility.
madokie
(51,076 posts)dictates that I not display a Hillary sign due to the reasons you state.
You can bet I WILL be voting for Hillary and smiling the whole time, knowing I'm doing the right thing. From the heart as well.
I'm a Proud Democratic Party Animal. I'd vote for a yellow dog before I'd vote for a republiCON. Simple as that
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)I think there's a prize for having the most in your yard. Or something.
sarae
(3,284 posts)is probably how the thinking goes.
BIG LEAGUE!
lapfog_1
(29,219 posts)in Northern California. I travel some of the busiest freeways in the nation.
I have only ever seen ONE Trump / Pence bumper sticker in the last 3 months. One.
To be fair, I only see a smattering of Hillary bumper stickers... maybe a dozen over the same time period.
In my town... there a few yard signs for City Council, Mayor, and one large one for the Democratic Congress hopeful. None for any GOP. And this is a solid RED city and county (central valley).
First time I can remember that there is so little public display of voter preference.
I think the GOPers are embarrassed by their candidate... and, sad to say, the Democrats are afraid to have their cars keyed by the rabid Trump Nazis.
madokie
(51,076 posts)have poisoned our electoral process. It will take a good cleaning to ever get it back to normal.
When I say 'a good cleaning,' I mean voting the assholes out of office
lapfog_1
(29,219 posts)as a national party.
The Trump voters are NOT going to go back to establishment GOP... no matter how hateful and hard right guys like Cruz and McCain and Pence become to appease the Trump Nazis.
Trump and his Alex Jones / Brietbart clowns will try to fork off about 10 to 20 million low information and likely low intelligence cult members... That leaves the traditional GOP with around 15 million members nationwide.
It will be time for the Democrats to vote out every GOP asshole in the nation. Obama looks to lead an effort to redistrict the country after he leaves office... and the time is right to take over the State governments and do just that. In another 4 years there will never again (I hope) be a GOP majority House or Senate...
There will have to be an opposition party of some sort... but I'm not even sure what will arise.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)It said Clinton
Kaine. 😀🤗😋
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Dried up....the secret trump voter only exist in the mind of don the con
dawnie51
(959 posts)he's a local optometrist. Big Repub. Walks his dog wearing combat boots and a safari hat He had at least five Trump signs and at least one for every commissioner and dog catcher Repub who's running. His property is very visible too. Hillary signs, when you see one, are usually inside the front window, otherwise they'd disappear. This is small town Ohio. I've never been so embarrassed to live here in my life.
Thrill
(19,178 posts)You know the one who says they'll vote for Obama, but when they get in the booth just can't vote for the Blk guy. lol
Wounded Bear
(58,693 posts)In the end, the moral majority ended up being neither.
I don't fear a surge of "hidden" Trump voters. I suspect, as has been said elsewhere in this thread, that there are a LOT of hidden Clinton supporters out there. I'll be surprised if she doesn't get 30-35 states, and 40 wouldn't really surprise me at all.
Bucky
(54,041 posts)Don't be fooled. 98% of the people I know don't talk about how awesome Trump is; don't talk about how he'll save the country. But I guarandamntee you way more than 2% are voting for him. Probably 10% of my friends are gonna vote for him. They aren't going to rallies; they aren't posting his bullshit on Facebook; they aren't putting a bunch of his signs in their yards. Mostly they're offended by his sexually abusive behavior. Some may even excuse it as only "aggressive" behavior. But they're gonna vote for him anyway.... because they're scared.
It's not just the Nazis; it's the good Germans looking the other way and pulling the ballot for the bastards.
Yes, there ARE hidden Trump voters. All the shit you've heard and read and he's still got 40%+ of the voters with him.
Bucky
(54,041 posts)[font size="5"]Poll: Trump chipping away at Clinton's lead[/font]
In Mike Pences words, Republicans are coming home, at least according to a Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll released Friday.
The poll found that Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by just 4 points nationally, 48% to 44%. The Democratic nominee led by 12 points as recently as this weekend.
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson had 4% support and Green Partys Jill Stein had 1%.
Trumps jump in support is thanks to Republican-leaning and independent voters.