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applegrove

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Tue Apr 7, 2026, 04:19 PM 5 hrs ago

Trump's Working Class Support Is Waning

Trump’s Working Class Support Is Waning

April 7, 2026 at 10:43 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 235 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/07/trumps-working-class-support-is-waning/


A new survey finds that approximately 20% of 2024 Trump voters may not vote Republican in 2028, and that almost 57% of voters who switched from Biden in 2020 to Trump in 2024 are considering abandoning the Republican party in 2028.
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Trump's Working Class Support Is Waning (Original Post) applegrove 5 hrs ago OP
This is why theories about "strategic" placement of ICE or troops at polling places won't work Fiendish Thingy 5 hrs ago #1

Fiendish Thingy

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1. This is why theories about "strategic" placement of ICE or troops at polling places won't work
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 04:28 PM
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The Trump-induced suffering is becoming so widespread, there is no way to strategically target particular precincts with the limited resources available - there are more red districts flipping, and we only need three seat to retake the house.

He simply doesn’t have enough manpower to successfully interfere with enough people exercising their right to vote to change the outcome (that is, the inevitable Blue Tsunami), even with gerrymandering and voter suppression.

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