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A whole swath of GOP voters appears firmly committed to not voting for Trump in November.

Donald Trump has a problem no matter what happens in New Hampshire on Tuesday night: There’s a whole swath of the Republican electorate and a good chunk of independents who appear firmly committed to not voting for him in November if he becomes the nominee.

It’s an issue that became starkly apparent in polling ahead of the Iowa caucuses, when an NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of voters in that state found that fully 43 percent of Nikki Haley supporters said they would back President Joe Biden over Trump. And it’s a dynamic that has been on vivid display as the campaign shifted this week to New Hampshire.

“I can’t vote for Trump. He’s a crook. He’s too corrupt,” said Scott Simeone, 64, an independent voter from Amherst, who backed Trump in 2016 and 2020. “I voted for him, and I didn’t realize he’s as corrupt as he is.”

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 37 points 9 months ago (3 children)

“I can’t vote for Trump. He’s a crook. He’s too corrupt,”

I heard the same from Republicans the last two times. Each time, they lined up and voted Trump.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

This boomer voted for him twice already and only now realized he's "as corrupt as he is." We're so fucked.

[–] Aermis@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Look I know that Trump would be much worse for majority of Americans than Biden would be, but most democrats don't want to vote for Biden either. But they still will. Just like Trump voters would rather keep it republican than go Democrat, even if that means they don't want Trump.

I'm still disappointed and quite honestly hurt that I have to vote for Biden. But here we are. Americans on both sides bitterly disappointed and feel like it's over for America if either candidate wins. There is no good candidate. I'm surprised there hasn't been a nationwide revolt yet. Americans have been voting in the below average red morale since Trump and Hillary were candidates. Except maybe the die hard avid Maga trumpers. They're the only ones that are voting in the green morale. And they make up a small minority of Americans.

Nazi party in Germany only controlled 1/3 of the vote in the elections that got Hitler into power. Nazis weren't popular in Germany. But they were happy with their leader.