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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSantorum gets frothy about how many people say they are voting against Trump.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/thats-a-big-number-cnns-santorum-stunned-by-volume-of-voters-admitting-theyre-showing-up-to-vote-against-trump/On CNN Election Night, as the first exit poll results came in, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) expressed astonishment at one statistic: the nearly 1 in 3 Joe Biden voters who reported they were casting a vote against President Donald Trump, rather than in favor of their own candidate.
I would make the argument that most decent Americans and the vast majority of Americans are dont like to say theyre voting against someone, said Santorum. Like Republicans, only 14 percent say they are voting against Biden because they dont want to go in there, Im voting against somebody. The fact that 31 percent were willing to admit that they were voting against Donald Trump? Thats a big number!
Notice how admitting to voting against Trump means you are not a "decent American," according to Ricky.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)CincyDem
(6,357 posts)aeromanKC
(3,322 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)"Frothy" and "Santorum" in a sentence.
Blue Owl
(50,360 posts)n/t
TDale313
(7,820 posts)How many voters last time on the Repug side said it was a vote against Hillary?
doc03
(35,332 posts)Deuxcents
(16,200 posts)But watching a meltdown might take the edge off tonight
TEB
(12,842 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)I am voting not only to elect my choice of leader, but also to punish and bring as much political harm as possible to the GOP/Trump cabal.
Fahrenthold451
(436 posts)tanyev
(42,554 posts)denbot
(9,899 posts)K&R
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)What has Trump done in the last four years to win over people that didn't vote for him? Has he listened to their concerns? Has he governed in a way that helps all citizens, or just his pals and cronies? Does he use the power of the federal government to help or to hurt people? Does he have any regard for citizens who can't write fat checks to his campaign?
You're surprised that slightly less than a third of voters are saying that they're voting against such a man? You should be highly gratified that the number isn't twice that, asshole.
dsc
(52,161 posts)I lived in MS when Kirk Fordice was governor and a LT Briggs and both of them were real pieces of crap. It was an honest privilege to vote against those bastards. Oh, and Hell yeah I voted against Trump, for Biden too, but against Trump.