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Re:Voters Backed Donald Trump Because He ‘Just Got It,’ Says... by WalterSear on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:21AM (#12931365)
> An NPR podcast noted that some polls have found that ~40% of registered democrats polled voted for Trump.

No it didn't, and they didn't.

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Re:Voters Backed Donald Trump Because He ‘Just Got It,’ Says... by matwood on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:26AM (#12931419)
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/10/501...

Of Brigade's verified voters, 40 percent of registered Democrats pledged to vote for Trump.

I guess we can argue about wording or say the data is wrong, but this is what NPR said this morning.

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Re:Voters Backed Donald Trump Because He ‘Just Got It,’ Says... by WalterSear on Friday November 11, 2016 @02:03PM (#12933323)
>Of Brigade's verified voters

Brigade is a billionaire's vanity project. It's userbase isn't representative of anything, and it's not a 'poll'.

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