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Republican voter's #1 issue was the economy! Not Covid (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 OP
That is no surprise it's all about the money and racism they go hand in hand nt doc03 Nov 2020 #1
Guess we weren't trying to get any of them Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 #3
Their favorite excuse abortion. nt doc03 Nov 2020 #6
We should have know that.......dah...... a kennedy Nov 2020 #2
Given. Just thought covid and healthcare, where we focused, were Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 #5
I guess it depends on one's perspective... ShazzieB Nov 2020 #4
Yikes VA and GA.. economy #1. Agree on perspective. Just strikes Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 #9
"Profits over People" - GOP Jesus 11:03 texasfiddler Nov 2020 #7
The economy is not good blogslut Nov 2020 #8
Yes! You are right! Just didn't hear that much. But how do you prove Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 #11
FALSE DICHOTOMY - economy and covid are so intertwined, we really should see them as two Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 2020 #10
Totally agree! Do you think the masses "got that"? Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 #12
Why didn't they write in Obama, then? Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #13
They didn't realize? Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 #14
The cult regurgitates whatever lies their oligarchs feed them. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #15
When I was doing surveys a couple months ago people helpisontheway Nov 2020 #16
I didn't listen to every Dem speech but the ones I did were Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2020 #17
so, sure vote for the person that tanked it!! Roland99 Nov 2020 #18
We are underperforming with No Party Affiliation / Independents PTWB Nov 2020 #19
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
5. Given. Just thought covid and healthcare, where we focused, were
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:06 PM
Nov 2020

the #1 issue for everyone not just Dems.

ShazzieB

(16,382 posts)
4. I guess it depends on one's perspective...
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:04 PM
Nov 2020

For those still think covid is being blown way out of proportion and it's not really a big deal and "practically nobody" dies, and doctors are being paid off to inflate the stats, and all that rot, it could, maybe, make sense to be most concerned about the economy?

Then there are the rest of us, who actually live on Planet Earth and not in an alternate universe...

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
9. Yikes VA and GA.. economy #1. Agree on perspective. Just strikes
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:21 PM
Nov 2020

me that we should have focused more on economy? How he was merely glomming on to the Obama/Biden upward trajectory. Or maybe it just all comes down to what my apolitical TX friend said. If I have a job and my friends and relatives have a job, we are happy.

blogslut

(37,999 posts)
8. The economy is not good
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:20 PM
Nov 2020

If that's their main concern then it's very possible they want a different president as well.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
10. FALSE DICHOTOMY - economy and covid are so intertwined, we really should see them as two
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:22 PM
Nov 2020

parts of the same issue, not two separate issues. Rebuilding economy happens when the pandemic is subdued.

helpisontheway

(5,007 posts)
16. When I was doing surveys a couple months ago people
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 10:44 PM
Nov 2020

consistently said economy or healthcare was their top issue. Some would so oh the virus will eventually go away. 🙄 I thought with recent spikes and him refusing to listen to scientists would wake people up..

 

PTWB

(4,131 posts)
19. We are underperforming with No Party Affiliation / Independents
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 11:18 PM
Nov 2020

The polls are way off. It isn’t over, but it isn’t good, either.

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