• psmgx@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This is going to get a few billionaires on his side but risks alienation of the older voters – who historically vote in far higher numbers. Not really a good play.

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      4 months ago

      But will they actually know? Their news comes from far-right sources and Facebook. The former will fail to mention it and the latter will burry any articles that pop up.

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        4 months ago

        Right now pensioners are getting economically whipped, along with everybody else and trying to take away security from an old person who’s on shaky economic ground already is probably not going to endear them to the prospect of voting Trump.

        Ofc there’s always fear of immigration and those nasty SoCiALiStS, who what come up here and make welfare queens *spits in spittoon*\ dag nabbit.

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          4 months ago

          Pensioners have shown us time and again that they are more than willing to vote against their own interests. I don’t know why you’d doubt them now.