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Originally Posted by nfotiu
I still maintain that Trump is not nearly as popular as many believe he is. He's only proven so far that he can get about 5% of the electorate to vote for him, and there just aren't enough people who haven't already voted for him, that would actually vote for him when it comes down to it.
I live in a bit of a bellwether state, and support for him is almost non-existant outside of the truly proud red neck crowd. He came to speak here last Friday, and could only fill a third of a 10,000 seat arena.
Primaries are proving to be a silly way to pick leaders in this social media age. Extremist movements can mobilize enough to basically John Scott the primaries since turnout is so low. Getting 50% of primary votes though translates into a drop in the bucket in a general election.
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Where do the moderate republicans go? Do they hold their noses and vote Trump to spite Hillary, Vote democrat, stay home or consider a Gary Johnson?