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  • The simple and overwhelming explanation is that the majority of American voters preferred Trump's policies.

    Some of the Trump voters being interviewed said they really didn't like quite a few of his policies, but felt his basic values aligned more with theirs than Harris's did. Even in his core MAGA base, there seem to be a fair number of people who don't care what he says or what his policies are, or even whether or not he delivers on them; they just like his style and hate the same people he hates. Your explanation is simple, but I'm not sure it's overwhelming.

  • Your explanation is simple, but I'm not sure it's overwhelming

    I thought you were encouraging civility a few pages ago?

    All the exit polls data points to economy and immigration being key issues for voters, and Trump leading on those issues, but I am sure a few vox pops that you saw that confirm your cognitive biases mean you can intellectualise all that away.

    Must be cool to be so clever that you can completely ignore what is staring you in the face.

  • Must be cool to be so clever that you can completely ignore what is staring you in the face.

    I'm just questioning whether you can make such a blanket claim. Voters can be as unreliable about their motives (or even about how they actually voted) in exit polls as in pre-election polls, besides which at least some have said it's not his policies they care about, both yesterday and over the previous years.

  • Exit polls dont tend to pick up on whether or not the voter consciously or subconsciously preferred the old white (Christian) man over the "woman of colour" (Harris' words), for example.

    Elections and electorate determinates are complicated and to put all emphasis on preference of policy is naive.

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