Posted on 02/19/2020 2:37:20 PM PST by Trump.Deplorable
NEW YORK — As Republican President Donald Trump seeks a second term in November, Americans' interest in voting is growing faster in large cities dominated by Democrats than in conservative rural areas, according to an analysis of Reuters/Ipsos national opinion polls.
If the trend lasts until Election Day on Nov. 3, it would be a reversal from the 2016 election when rural turnout outpaced voting in urban areas, helping Trump narrowly win the White House.
The finding, based on responses from more than 88,000 U.S. adults who took the online poll from August to December 2015 or from August to December 2019, suggests that the “Blue Wave,” a swell of anti-Trump activism that followed his entry into the White House in 2017, is still rolling across the country's largest population centers.
Even as Trump commands rock-solid support among Republicans, voters' interest in going to the polls appears to be growing faster among those who disapprove of Trump than among those who approve of him, according to experts who reviewed the data.
The advantage in urban political engagement extends deep into the most competitive battleground states that Trump won by razor-thin margins four years ago, the data shows. In large urban areas of the upper Midwest, a region that includes swing states Michigan and Wisconsin, for example, the number of people who said they were “certain” to vote in the upcoming presidential election rose by 10 percentage points to 67% compared with survey responses from 2015.
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You make good points. I am a group health insurance broker for 10 different carriers.
Trumps new legislation starting in 2021 requiring doctors and hopsitals to post prices is going to do wonders.
My wife was deathly ill several years back. Blood work every two weeks. Her doctor was sending it to the local hospital who was charging us $480 each time.
I found Lab 1 in the network who said they would do it for $250. My doctor balked because they have to go the post office and overnight it out and it messed up their routine.
I told them I live 2 miles from the practice I would pick it up and mail it out myself to save $230 each time (We had a$7500 per person deductible at the time) The woman who takes blood was not happy and she would huff every time my wife walked in. Yes they finally took it to the PO
Can you imagine the lowering of HC cost of everyone knew what was being charged and could shop around?
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