Re:Scott Adams Shadowbanned from Twitter for Supporting Trump
by dragonwriter on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @01:34PM
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> Record numbers of ordinary people are voting for Trump.
Record numbers of votes in the primaries for the winner aren't necessarily a sign of strong support; the primaries aren't an all-at-once election, they are process where results are reported as the process continues and the result is often determined early in the process, depressing later turnout (and increasing the percentage of late turnout which is simple protest voting against the already-determined winner.)
Record votes for the winning candidate in the primary could just be a sign of an unusually protracted actively-contested primary, and a party unusually resistant to coalescing around the leading candidate.
Record numbers of votes in the primaries for the winner aren't necessarily a sign of strong support; the primaries aren't an all-at-once election, they are process where results are reported as the process continues and the result is often determined early in the process, depressing later turnout (and increasing the percentage of late turnout which is simple protest voting against the already-determined winner.)
Record votes for the winning candidate in the primary could just be a sign of an unusually protracted actively-contested primary, and a party unusually resistant to coalescing around the leading candidate.