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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsrepublican officials are alarmed that Trump's attacks on voting by mail working too well with GOPers
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/politics/republican-reaction-trump-mail-in-voting/index.html(CNN)Republican officials throughout the country are reacting with growing alarm to President Donald Trump's attacks on mail-in ballots, saying his unsubstantiated claims of mass voting fraud are already corroding the views of GOP voters, who may ultimately choose not to vote at all if they can't make it to the polls come November.
Behind the scenes, top Republicans are urging senior Trump campaign officials to press the President to change his messaging and embrace mail-in voting, warning that the party could lose the battle for control of Congress and the White House if he doesn't change his tune, according to multiple GOP sources. Trump officials, sources said, are fully aware of the concerns.
The impact could be detrimental to the GOP up and down the ticket, according to a bevy of Republican election officials, field operatives, pollsters and lawmakers who are watching the matter closely. Every vote will count in critical battleground states, they argue, fearful that deterring GOP voters from choosing a convenient option to cast their ballots could ultimately sway the outcome of races that are decided by a couple of percentage points.
And with the coronavirus pandemic potentially bound to get worse in the fall, voting by mail is becoming an increasingly popular option since many voters may prefer not to wait in long lines at polling stations. That will leave Democrats with a major advantage if their voters send their ballots by mail while Republican voters forgo that option simply because they are listening to the concerns of the President.
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EleanorR
(2,393 posts)A recent poll showed 54% disapprove of trump's performance.
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AleksS
(1,665 posts)Trump: "Vote by mail is BAD!"
Cultists: "Durrr, OK we won't vote by mail! We burn our mail in ballots! Durrr!"
Trump: "Masks bad!"
Cultists: *Get COVID. Die.*
Trump: "Take crap tons of Hydroxychloroquinine! Inject bleach! Clorox Suppositories!"
Cultists: "Durr, OK." *Die*
As a wise man once said: Please proceed!
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)There was some article about vote-by-mail 'bad' and absentee ballot 'good'.
Even though they are the same.
yonder
(9,667 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)Trumps Absentee vs. Mail-In Ballot Spin
By Robert Farley
Posted on June 19, 2020
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)available to all registered voters? And we still managed to lose Nelson and Gillum?