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Re:Trump to sign executive order on social media Thursday by adjkant on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:50PM (#23332536)
Overwhelming = under 25% of the US population that voted for him in 2016? Even among registered voters only it's still under 50% - how is that overwhelming?
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Re:Trump to sign executive order on social media Thursday by Simulacra on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:12PM (#23339793)
At least he's not Hillary...or Biden.
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Re:Trump to sign executive order on social media Thursday by VWWHFSfQ on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:52PM (#23332550)
most people don't vote. but they still support Trump. They would support any republican candidate
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Re:Trump to sign executive order on social media Thursday by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @11:22PM (#23333047)
> most people don't vote. but they still support Trump.

It's like the IRL version of claiming support from lurkers.

> They would support any republican candidate

Republican Party identification is pretty constant at 25-30%, below both Democratic and Independent.

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Re:Trump to sign executive order on social media Thursday by foogazi on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @11:22PM (#23333045)
> “most people”

For “most” do you mean in terms of population count?

For “people” do you mean registered voters ?

Republicans would win every election if that was the case

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Re:Trump to sign executive order on social media Thursday by adjkant on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:55PM (#23332573)
Big citation needed on who of non-voters support Trump. Most opinion polls that include anyone (not just registered voters) still have Trump's approval at 40ish percent the past 4 years.

If you say all polling is invalid/not representative, where are you getting your numbers from?

And again, what makes this overwhelming?

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