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If Trump’s Voters Turn Out This Fall, They’ll Give Republicans A Big Senate Majority
The Federalist ^ | 8/13/2018 | thomas mitchell

Posted on 08/13/2018 3:29:42 PM PDT by bitt

n the small-town and rural Midwest, the Republican margin of victory over the Democratic presidential candidate increased to 28.8 percent in 2016 from 12.4 percent in 2012.

Hillary Clinton ruled the big Midwestern cities and suburbs in 2016, often surpassing Barack Obama’s 2012 margins of victory in places like Hamilton County, Ohio (Cincinnati) and Hennepin County, Minnesota (Minneapolis.) But in every Midwestern state, the small towns and countryside gave Donald Trump much higher victory margins than they gave Mitt Romney in 2012.

The small-town and rural Midwest gave Hillary 20 percent fewer votes than Obama received in 2012, and gave Trump 13 percent more votes than they did Romney. The GOP smaller-town victory margin increased an astonishing 130 percent for the nine Midwestern states in aggregate. The “Small–Town and Rural” vote is defined as all voters not in major cities, suburbs, or established “blue collar” industrial counties, not places where media heavies or the donor class live.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018; 2018midterms; gop; redwave; senate
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To: bitt
One of our side's biggest failings is that we are generous with our words and stingy with our time and money when it comes to making a positive difference.

The Left never rests and we take "Congressional" vacations...

21 posted on 08/14/2018 3:45:38 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: bitt

I wonder why so many Trump voters can’t be bothered to vote on Nov. 6. Are they that misinformed?


22 posted on 08/14/2018 3:18:00 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Delta 21

Keep acting like it’s a Blue Wave so that we can make sure people aren’t complacent. “Well, Joe’s got this, so I don’t have to vote.”


23 posted on 08/15/2018 5:49:59 AM PDT by spacewarp (FreeRepublic, Rush's show prep since foundation.)
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To: snarkytart

When you have the mainstream propaganda (we don’t dare call those liars “press” or “media” anymore) have a one-on-one vote situation, they can pour hundreds of millions or billions worth of free advertising trashing the conservative, and promoting the communist.

As we saw the other day, when they have to spread their load of manure around, they don’t really accomplish anything except making sure their candidates smell like poop.

At some point, the insanity of their position must be exposed. They can’t keep being 24X7 vile slime machines that promote leftist causes and trash the rest of us.


24 posted on 08/15/2018 5:52:57 AM PDT by spacewarp (FreeRepublic, Rush's show prep since foundation.)
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