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Re:Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' by cosmicgadget on Thursday August 27, 2026 @05:29PM (#49471526)
It's not that. Maybe some voted based on entertainment value but it was an ad hoc alliance of:

People who only ever vote GOP

Pro lifers

People who thought he was somehow being unfairly prosecuted for Jan 6 and having crates of classified documents in his pool house

Podcast listeners (people who are heavily influenced by Joe Rogan, Tim Poole, and the like)

People who are ideologically aligned with Stephen Miller

And, drumroll...

Centrists who believed the GOP talking point that Biden was the sole or primary cause of inflation. To their discredit, the dems seemed to have no interest in refuting it.

Re:Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' by AnimalMuppet on Thursday August 27, 2026 @09:39PM (#49473400)
Dems seemed to be running on a platform of "We're not Trump". That was enough in 2020, after four years of Trump. It was not enough in 2024, after four years of Biden.
Re:Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' by roncesvalles on Thursday August 27, 2026 @10:48PM (#49473783)
Also, Trump just had to say "I'm not Biden".
Re:Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' by cosmicgadget on Friday August 28, 2026 @12:45AM (#49474458)
Which shows how remarkably easy it is to manipulate the American electorate.