Posted on 11/14/2019 12:04:37 PM PST by yesthatjallen
The largest outside group supporting President Trump’s reelection believes it’s identified some of the “hidden” supporters that could tip the balance of the 2020 election in favor of Republicans.
Pollsters hired by America First Policies (AFP) have spent the past two months interviewing hundreds of self-described independent voters at focus groups conducted in major cities across nine battleground states.
A source close to the group shared videos of the interviews with The Hill, which featured Trump voters from 2016 revealing that they would not discuss their support for the president with pollsters or acquaintances because they were afraid of backlash from the media and their friends or family.
Trump allies say they were mocked in 2016 when they claimed the president’s support in the polls was being underestimated because a large contingent of silent Trump backers were ashamed or scared to reveal their political leanings to pollsters.
The officials believe these same voters need only a gentle prodding from like-minded friends and outreach from the campaign to turn out for Trump again in 2020.
“The campaign last cycle was ridiculed about this but it’s still happening,” the official said.
“It shouldn’t be this way but it is this way and especially among women, it’s like, we want to get along with our neighbor, our kids go to the same school, and we’re not going to start talking about politics, especially in this age when it comes up and it’s explosive. There’s a reluctance to get into it, but you know, we’ll go to the ballot box and we’ll vote for the guy, but we’re also not going to pick up a phone and do a poll.”
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This could be a Democrat dirty trick. Flush undercover Trump supporters out into the open so that they can be shamed/harassed/threatened into changing their minds.
A man convinced against his will,
Remains of the same opinion, still.
(The same goes for women.)
I saw this and thought, this is going to be good:
I don’t think too many Trump voters feel shame.
I felt giddy, emboldened, proud, glad to be an American, many other elated emotions and also glad America dodged a bullet.
I was also proud that the election was over by 11 EDT.
Good job, USA.
Us pro-Trump supporters are like Chicken Man - We’re everywhere! We’re everywhere!
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