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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Depressed Biden turnout and energized Trump turnout.

I don't know why people keep thinking it's about switching votes. The side that gets their supporters to turn out is the side that wins.

[–] Pandemanium@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

And there's no better way to depress the Dem turnout than to tell everyone we've already lost.

I just want to point out that the polls haven't changed after this incident. He has not gained more support. We can still do this.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

I get that it's more about turnout than conversion but are there many Trump supporters that didn't vote for him last time?

My impression at the time was that Trump did a very good job of energizing his base and getting the vote out. Are there actually many people that were indifferent/too lazy/too busy in 2020 but now think Trump is a good candidate? Is that fraction of the population actually larger than the fraction of people that now see him as a lethal threat to what's left of democracy in America?

Has gerrymandering gotten worse somehow?