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Trump’s fans are excited to rally — but they’re not sure they’ll show up to vote
The Washington Post ^ | DECEMBER 27, 2015 | By Jenna Johnson

Posted on 12/27/2015 7:57:21 AM PST by Hojczyk

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To: Hojczyk

The Washington post. Yeah they’re going to take time out to go to a rally. Find parking. Fight the crowds to see and cheer for trump, the only person remotely related to politics and government who knows the strength and the future of our country is at stake and what it will take to get it back, who says what they’re thinking and listens to them

They take time off work (they are not trust funded or unemployed operation live in dirt in lower Manhattan No one knows why) and they’re not going to vote

The post looking for a Hillary win. What are they going to nuke conservative regions?


41 posted on 12/27/2015 8:39:22 AM PST by stanne
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To: Hojczyk

The ‘lame’stream goes from one fictionalized fact whine to another...and, personally, I love the smell of a desperate GOPe and media panic 24/7!


42 posted on 12/27/2015 8:40:27 AM PST by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Hojczyk

Smell the fear!


43 posted on 12/27/2015 8:43:43 AM PST by null and void (</x>)
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To: Hojczyk

i’ve never gone to a rally but i’ve always voted. One is a duty while the other is a volunteer activity. Plenty of articles lately on this. Make no sense to me. If you say someone answering a poll might not vote okay but anyone engaged enough to attend a rally will vote.


44 posted on 12/27/2015 8:46:04 AM PST by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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To: jstaff; LS
What's missing from the article is context of who participates in Iowa caucuses every four years: How many newbies, how many experienced.

My guess would be newbie hesitation is pretty common given the time commitment needed. But as others have posted, if you're going to spend three hours on a Trump rally (including travel time) why not spend same amount of time caucusing?

45 posted on 12/27/2015 8:46:10 AM PST by kristinn (Welcome to the Soviet States of Obama)
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To: kristinn

The people who get excited about a candidate at this stage of the game are what is known in marketing as the “early adopters”, but you need more than early adopters to ultimately succeed in the market. And politics is the ultimate form of marketing.


46 posted on 12/27/2015 8:48:01 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Salman
Secret ballot, you know.

We need card checks, just like the unions! </democrat operative>

47 posted on 12/27/2015 8:49:04 AM PST by null and void (</x>)
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To: nomad

I see what the problem is - you didn’t bash GW or use the word “corbomite” LOL


48 posted on 12/27/2015 8:51:58 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Hojczyk

Guessing this article is written GET OUT THE VOTE for the Compost audience not conservatives.
In other words. Don’t fear DT in the main election


49 posted on 12/27/2015 8:52:20 AM PST by jcon40
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"Maybe, just maybe, they are telling the truth and some of Trump's avid support will stay home on caucus day, as they have said."

I know just enough about the Iowa caucus to be dangerous.

Can someone explain why Trump supporters would be any more likely to stay home than any other candidates caucus goers? Is it the conventional wisdom that Trump's people may not have ever caucused before and might be intimidated by the process?

50 posted on 12/27/2015 8:52:23 AM PST by SnuffaBolshevik ("Girls like to marry a military man - he already knows how to take orders.")
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To: stanne
The post looking for a Hillary win. What are they going to nuke conservative regions?

MASSIVE voter fraud.

51 posted on 12/27/2015 8:52:44 AM PST by null and void (</x>)
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To: SnuffaBolshevik

I think Trump people are MORE energized.


52 posted on 12/27/2015 8:55:56 AM PST by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: Hojczyk
Many say they havent cared about politics until now, as they flock to Trump rallies like groupies to a rock concert, read his books, buy his products, quote his jokes and follow his social-media accounts.

But is their devotion to Trump deep enough to vote?

Lets see, they drive across half the State just to go to the rally but they are not going to drive five blocks to the local voting station for the actual vote?

Jenna, find a job that will not get you laughed at...

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53 posted on 12/27/2015 9:06:13 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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It really is pretty easy to believe that at least some of Trump’s support will not show up on caucus day. To participate in the count you have to be a registered republican, you have to show up in the precinct where you live, as shown by your voter registration, you will not get to see The Donald, as he cannot be at all 1900 or so precincts at once. As every Trump supporter on FR says, his support is not just coming from R’s but also D’s and I’s. The D’s and I’s will not have a voice on caucus day. This is just a fact and even he acknowledges it and is working to neutralize the possible damage.


54 posted on 12/27/2015 9:06:50 AM PST by jstaff
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To: MinuteGal; freekitty; unkus; HarleyLady27; Liz; seekthetruth; Kaslin; mazda77; Albion Wilde; ...

I doubt that people would fight their way through hours of traffic and security to see Trump and NOT VOTE. What idiot believes that? Not me.


55 posted on 12/27/2015 9:10:39 AM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Hojczyk
People in the media, talking heads, GOPe, RINO base, other Senators and House members, civil workers in government are very worried about their jobs...

They have had the ‘cream of the crop’ jobs since Slick Willy came on scene, and now we have a Man that is showing us what the corruption is on all levels and the money racket on Wall Street who own these people, and treat them like the ‘puppets’ they are...

These people don't want to have to live like you and I do, they don't want to have to worry about putting food on the table every day, they don't want to have to worry about, “what if I lost my job, what would I do” they don't want to feel like they think of the rest of us ‘poor, lowly uninformed cretins’ because they have had the Steaks and Champagne most of their lives, heaven forbid if they had to live like the rest of us...

I'll vote for Trump, even if I have to write his name in, I will vote for him....none of the others are for us, they are all owned, they have to answer to people that give them the ‘Steaks and Champagne’, Trump doesn't, and he will be giving us that after he gets into office and gets America moving again...

56 posted on 12/27/2015 9:10:49 AM PST by HarleyLady27 (.."THE FORCE AWAKENS"!!! TRUMP; TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP 100%....)
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To: Hojczyk

Stopped reading at “The Washington Post”.


57 posted on 12/27/2015 9:13:50 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: Hojczyk

Too bad we can’t block all threads on the Washington Post. Such a waste of time to even read the headers.


58 posted on 12/27/2015 9:14:53 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: Hojczyk
Oh, I get the feeling that the enthusiastic throngs that attend his campaign rallies in the first place have already demonstrated the depth of their commitment. The fact that they care enough to go to these public events evidences that they are willing to vote for the guy they support.

The Lyndsay Graham Coalition will probably do what they do every chance they get, talk GOP and then quietly vote for a democrat.

Whether or not an outsider can prevail without the blessings of the party establishment will shape the future of the Republican Party, and perhaps change it, just like nobody votes "whig" anymore.

59 posted on 12/27/2015 9:16:06 AM PST by Kenton
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To: Hojczyk
LOL!

Jenna "I'm Not Jenna Jameson" Johnson, amateur porn starlet & part-time WP Trump hitgirl strikes again!

60 posted on 12/27/2015 9:17:45 AM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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