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> People who traditionally vote Republican showed up and voted Republican. You maybe right. I think some of traditional Republicans voted against Trump. I don'
by rdtsc 10y ago
> People who traditionally vote Republican showed up and voted Republican.
You maybe right. I think some of traditional Republicans voted against Trump. I don't have hard numbers, but at least from my circle of acquaintances two life long Republicans voted for Hillary and against Trump, and a life long Democrat voted for Bernie then Stein. I would say it is probably not as simple as "simply didn't show up".
- pessimizer 10y agoBernie then Stein counts as not showing up here (when just looking at the two major party vote totals.) I think that Trump-hating Republicans tended to go to Gary Johnson or leave the ballot blank, and that small percentage was offset by the small number of Obama voters who switched to Trump. I'd bet that the number of Trump-haters who ultimately switched to Clinton was infinitesimal, despite her constant appeals after the primaries were over.