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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Biden Gets Mail-In Vote Advantage, Majority of Trump Voters Say They Won't Accept His Win
https://www.newsweek.com/if-biden-gets-mail-vote-advantage-majority-trump-voters-say-they-wont-accept-his-win-poll-1522061According to the poll, among those who intend to vote for Trump, 55 percent say they will not accept the results of the election if Biden wins through mail-in votes, while 21 percent said they would. The remaining 24 percent said they were not sure.
In comparison, among those who intend to vote for Biden, 26 percent say they won't accept a Trump mail-in voting victory. Forty-seven percent of Biden voters say they would accept the results and 27 percent said they weren't sure.
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On June 22, Trump posted a tweet saying that "because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED election in our nations history."
"We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they are using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-ins!," the president added in his tweet.
Vinca
(50,334 posts)Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)Cha
(298,084 posts)first thing that came to mind.
Tribetime
(4,732 posts)theaocp
(4,250 posts)He can win using absentee, too.
pwb
(11,318 posts)or go back under a rock. Who cares what they think about anything?
snowybirdie
(5,252 posts)very tired of tRumsters and their demands. Who cares what they think?
Bettie
(16,151 posts)not only are they profoundly stupid, they are unlikely to accept a Biden win in any circumstance.
But, they are a tiny portion of the actual population.
Siwsan
(26,333 posts)If 55% of less than 40% of the voting population say they won't accept a Biden victory - oh well.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)Notice that they will be FINE with mail-in ballots if Trump wins.
I heard a guy on the Muckraker podcast today call Trump the "External Cognitive Dissonance Machine" for his cult fans.
That is, they don't need to think and try to understand the dissonance between "mail-in ballots used to be good because they favor Republican voters" and "mail-in ballots are now bad."
They just have to let Trump suddenly change his mind about something, and it makes no sense, and they don't have to try to make sense of it or make it fit the principles they once had. They just nod along with the Trump weathervane.
"Whatever you say, Master."
elleng
(131,416 posts)Who cares?
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)This is what he said in 2016 ... and he was right!
Retrograde
(10,184 posts)from Washington, Oregon, Hawai'i, Colorado, and Utah, which are all vote-by-mail states, and California, which is about 2/3 VBM now?
And why is a supposedly reputable news source giving them the time of day in the first place/
pecosbob
(7,550 posts)Faux pas
(14,714 posts)EFFING bad.
2naSalit
(86,968 posts)Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)See if they take you seriously, or if they throw out the trespasser.
unblock
(52,503 posts)ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)GREAT riddance!!
WyLoochka
(1,629 posts)So that we morph into just living with outrage after outrage after outrage. This is how "changing the norms" works.
This is irresponsible polling that plays directly into the propaganda machine. Such a question should not even be put on the table.
Please everyone, read Josh Marshall's short piece from yesterday, "Don't Cower". He characterized talk like this as "loser talk". I think he is spot on.
Dont Cower | Talking Points Memo
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-cower
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)I think we will get through it but there will be violence coming from his side.
Demsrule86
(68,825 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Fuck them
dustyscamp
(2,228 posts)Cha
(298,084 posts)for Putin.. Sociopathic Treasonous Fascistrump!
Kaleva
(36,406 posts)Demsrule86
(68,825 posts)ananda
(28,914 posts)A ballot is a ballot.
DinahMoeHum
(21,839 posts)#newrostrong
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)So sick of these whiners!
I will not accept a Trump win under any circumstances, because I don't believe it will be possible without cheating. There is no way he will win without interference in the voting process. I am certain of that.
Baltimike
(4,148 posts)NOT my view...theirs...and I know folk who STILL maintain that bs. That's where "we had to pout up with Obama, so you'll have to put up with Trump" mantra originated.
LiberalFighter
(51,389 posts)Besides, Democrats won't have that much of an advantage.
Crunchy Frog
(26,719 posts)They're just going to have to suck it up anyway, just like we've had to do the past 4 years.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)A majority of 40% is 20.1% of you.
And I'm being generous with the numbers.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,514 posts)welcome to the club, I guess.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)they won't accept any results that result in it leaving. It looks like Newsweek is all about pumping up the volume another notch. Why?
Squinch
(51,090 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)So what?
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Fuck your feelings.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)DFW
(54,514 posts)Even when it has killed thousands of them.
Let them accept a one-way ride in a leaky boat to Cuba when the election doesn't go their way.
¡Buen viaje, pendejos!
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)Virtually guaranteed. Just be prepared for it. He is desperate for his base to view him the rightful winner on election night. They will accept anything as "evidence."
Trump will win so many small states it is very likely he will have an electoral college lead based on states called on November 3. The media won't fall for Trump's desperation but a large segment of the population will.
It is going to be outright chaos for days as we hope enough ballots showed up in time and were counted.
I don't put anything past a guy who idolized Roy Cohn.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)It may not be their fault that they're fucking morons.
chowder66
(9,108 posts)maxrandb
(15,401 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,739 posts)LOL
dalton99a
(81,708 posts)or better yet, go jump in a shallow lake
First of all, I don't really care what Trump supporters think. I'm just tired of their ignorance. Sorry, but it's how I feel after two beers on a Friday night.
Second, it's really quite sad that the United States of America in 2020 has to worry about unfair elections. We should have the best and safest and fairest elections in the world. But, we don't. So much for that shining light of democracy. And being the example. We kind of suck.
spanone
(135,950 posts)ellie
(6,929 posts)Too fucking bad. I am so sick of these people destroying my country.