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Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts) Fri Oct 9, 2020, 01:16 PM Oct 2020

Trump is running a base only campaign [View all]

With the Limbaugh and FoxNews interviews, it is obviously that he isn't even interested in trying to get "moderates.".....He is down on 50-40 if you average out the polls. That 40% is already his base, will this strategy work?

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Trump is running a base only campaign [View all] Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 OP

Only if they can depress the turnout and/or get enough votes thrown out. TheRealNorth Oct 2020 #1

There you go. Addition by subtraction underpants Oct 2020 #3

He's such a weirdo Rice4VP Oct 2020 #2

it's clear now that his campaign doesn't plan to win an election 0rganism Oct 2020 #4

he is hoping he will win and he doesn't he wants to use his base to keep him in power... Thomas Hurt Oct 2020 #5

Good luck with that approach Gothmog Oct 2020 #6

Trump is ... stupid. Statistical Oct 2020 #7

He's behaving like a candidate who doesn't want to win. Kaleva Oct 2020 #8

and that ten percent are people who have strongly considered him and either won't say they will vote jorgevlorgan Oct 2020 #9

I caught a bit of it on my way home. kskiska Oct 2020 #10

He's had a base only Presidency for four years. CanonRay Oct 2020 #11

He's not campaigning to win right now. PTWB Oct 2020 #12

40% ain't no majority of anything world wide wally Oct 2020 #13

He knows he's losing but wants to keep base loyalty. MatthewG. Oct 2020 #14