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“registered Democrats account for about 58 percent of votes cast by seniors, compared to 35 percent for Republicans.”

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

My money says this race won't be nearly as close as the polls suggest. Harris voters are far more motivated to keep Trump out than his supporters are to keep him in.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Harris voters are far more motivated to keep Trump out than his supporters are to keep him in.

I'm pretty sure that's wrong. Remember that to Trump voters Harris is a woke China-loving communist n****r who'll destroy America. They're straight up fanatics.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hasnt trump been called a really old Russia-loving fascist rapist who will destroy America?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

I mean he is to an extent, which makes democrats at best about as motivated to vote as Republicans who aren't put off by Trump's policies (they exist, surprisingly). However, many democrats also either hate Harris in particular or hate the Democratic establishment as a whole, so in general I'd say Republicans are more motivated. Which make sense; if democrats were more motivated than Republicans this election would be a cinch.

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