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Originally Posted by MrButtons
Just curious here - is that what you've seen from both urban/rural areas? Like even the brilliant red have reached a bit of a breaking point in supporting the GOP?
I know you said anecdotally, but any answer you say I will be spreading like fact, and only if I like the answer.
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Haha. Can't comment on the city itself, but this is what I have experienced rurally. I live in Chicagoland (NW suburbs) but I work a lot in rural red IL.
The Trumpers are as entrenched as always. This is to be expected. What I did not expect was the number of random people (who again by my own experience only) are the types who have never talked politics before, are noisy about these creepy Republicans. And while their rural roots make democrats a natural enemy, they love the Waltz pick and seem surprisingly happy to support Harris. Again, this is in contrast to previous, where all anyone talked about was how much Biden has deteriorated (post debate talk).
One anecdote, but representative of my experience only:
Had a recent visit with a female general contractor I know and have previously worked with. She is as redneck as it gets, in a good way. I have known her several years. Friday was the first time we ever talked politics. She supported Trump in 2016, didn't vote in 2020 (first time didn't vote), and will vote Democrat for the first time in her life in November. She said and repeated more than once - 'Walsh, who I had never heard of before, nailed these guys perfectly: they are creepy and I don't get the fascination with women's reproductive bits'.
That vote is not going to matter a bit in IL. It's as guaranteed blue as it gets, because Chicago. But if this same sentiment is running it's course in swing states, where votes like this matter, it's not even going to be close. In my opinion.