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Title: Will Trump Democrats play a role in the 2016 presidential race?
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latimes.com
URL Source: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na ... s-20160424-snap-htmlstory.html
Published: Apr 25, 2016
Author: Lisa Mascaro
Post Date: 2016-04-25 19:57:30 by Gatlin
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Views: 3676
Comments: 23
A retired middle school principal was so moved by Donald Trump that he switched his Democratic Party registration so he can vote for the Republican billionaire in next Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary. So did the daughter of a steel worker, who twice voted for President Obama but says she is “over” the Democrats' political correctness. And a husband-wife team of Trump volunteers – she’s a laid-off airport worker, he’s a laid-off truck driver -- were Democrats for 30 years, until recently. “We always voted Democrat,” said Laurie McGinnis, 49, as her husband, Ricky, 57, hung a Trump banner outside their South Greensburg home. “But not any more.” Some of these newly minted Pennsylvania Republicans are simply formalizing a process that began with Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980, when conservative-leaning Democrats began shifting away from the party in this faded industrial Rust Belt. Others moved abruptly, inspired by Trump and fed up with a party they say no longer speaks their language. Together the result is one of the most sizable shifts of partisan allegiance ever seen in Pennsylvania: 61,500 Democrats have become Republicans so far this year, part of a 145,000 jump in Republican registrations since the fall 2015 election, according to state figures analyzed by both parties. It’s more new Republicans than in the previous four years combined. Remainder of story is here.
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#4. To: Gatlin (#0)
The Trump Democrats will play a huge role. If Trump is the nominee, they will be the margin that elects him. If Trump is screwed out of the nomination by Republican corruption and manipulation, the Trump Democrats will not vote for the Republican who steals the nomination from him, and the result will be Hillary. The Trump Democrats are a decisive part of the Trump vote and the anti-Hillary vote.
There you have it. That's why I don't waste too much time on these political threads.
You really should spend more time on these political threads, Fred. It would definitely be to your advantage as it can be a way to deal with your chronic ignorance and provide you with a background to help you with the intellectual capacity to evaluate your poor behavior. By ignorance, I mean being unaware of or unconcerned with the negative effect your radical behavior has on you, relating to and affecting the fundamental nature of your disingenuous personality. I know that benevolent confrontation can be the right answer to correct ignorance, but it does not always work. I do hope that you do not choose to disregard this opportunity to learn and improve.
Did you watch hondo's video? You're proof that there's a sucker born every minute.
[hondo68]>> Trump won the debate on the first question by just raising his hand to indicate that he has some principals and won't necessarily back the GOP candidate, which is traditionally a POS. [TooConservative] Actually, that's when he lost the debate. The dustup with Megyn Kelly obscured that. A lot of GOP viewers did not like his threat to go Perot on them after he filed for the GOP nomination and accepted a slot in the debates. Why do you think he was being booed all the way through the first debate in Ohio. They hated him. tooconservative posted on 2015-08-12 Yes, I was a Trump supporter after he raised his hand at the first debate and told the GOP that he would not support their candidate if it was the usual POS type. That lasted about three days until Donald flip-flopped and kissed Rinse Penis, and signed a loyalty oath to Satan, Jeb!, or whatever evildoer the GOP could came up with. Loyalty Oath to Satan, or any other Republican whomsoever.
Which only proves that you are classified as a poorly informed voter who never came to realize that Trump’s appeal has proven to be more than a passing fad with you. If that one aspect controlled you, then I see you are missing the appeal of having massive depth of knowledge about anything.
#16. To: Gatlin (#15)
Way down deep, you're really shallow.
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#6. To: Vicomte13 (#4)
...and the result will be Hillary.
#8. To: Fred Mertz (#6)
... I don't waste too much time on these political threads.
#9. To: Gatlin, hondo68 (#8)
#12. To: Fred Mertz, Gatlin, Vicomte13, GrandIsland, was a Trump fanboi for three days, TooConservative (#9)
#20. To: hondo68 (#18)
#15. To: hondo68 (#12)
Yes, I was a Trump supporter …
That lasted about three days …
Replies to Comment # 15. massive depth
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