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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because most conservatives live in VA.[/quote]

You said conservative.  I work for a conservative think tank and everyone is voting for Biden.  They HATE Trump.  [b]He goes against everything they believe in.[/b][/quote]

This is actually interesting.  I am a Trump supporter, but have been a Republican for many years.  I don't like listening to Trump bloviate, but I absolutely think that we needed a disruptor in Washington.  [b]The elites of Washington from both parties supported free trade, globalization and unfettered immigration. [/b] Though Republican voters were becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the massive cultural shift happening as a result of these policies, Republican leaders in Congress and Republican presidential candidates refused to make any change and represent their views in DC.  They were also too weak to provide any pushback to Democratic social initiatives.  After the Tea Party and Republican capture of Congress, voters expected some type of change and there was none.  So finally, Republicans took a look at the potential candidates for 2016 and said, nope, not another one.  One of the points of electing Trump was to put so-called conservatives in DC think tanks on notice.

Lots of people are predicting that Trump will kill the Republican Party.  Actually, he has shown the party how to save itself by creating a coalition of people from all races who value work, entrepreneurship, expressions of faith, etc.  The only question is whether the rest of the Republicans will be smart enough to follow his lead.  If you are comfortable voting for Biden, I'd love to know exactly what kind of conservative that you are.  From now on, there is no creating a party with both the Lincoln Project Republicans and strong Trump supporters.  If he loses, many Trump voters will be totally disillusioned by the sabotage of many in the Republican Party and it won't rebound.

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I probably disagree with this poster on most things, but he is absolutely right about the bolded. Democrats used to be able to agree on the bolded as well. NAFTA killed many industries in the poorest parts of this country and left an entire generation without any way forward. Talking about moving away from coal and not offering a valid replacement for the jobs that families have held for generations didnt help either. I cringe every time I hear a democrat do this. While you think republicans are awful, they will resonate with these voters whether you like it or not because republicans aren't talking about taking food directly off their tables. Calling them backward idiots or whatever really isn't going to endear them to the democratic party.

What many are missing is that the democratic party is made up of misfits - all those who band together despite differences because the republicans have been so awful for the past few decades. If the republicans are ever able to smarten up and actually care about the values listed in the last paragraph above, they could siphon off a lot of the democrats that are sitting around wondering what the hell happened to the party.

If Trump loses tomorrow it will be because of his response to the pandemic. Not because of his personality. [/quote]

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