Secret Trump voters have post-election coming out party

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Posted on 11/18/2024 8:40:50 PM PST by thecodont

They’re donning MAGA hats in cafes, celebrating on social media and flying Trump flags: Supporters of President-elect Trump in deep blue cities and states are no longer keeping it to themselves.

Why it matters: Trump improved on his 2016 and 2020 margins in almost every state, including in most big, blue cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

Many Trump voters in those cities saw his victory as validation, and are acting accordingly. Some residents of liberal enclaves tell Axios they've seen more Trump yard signs go up after the election than before it. And many supporters of Vice President Harris are grappling with the fact that their neighbors might not have voted the way they did.

Flashback: The “secret” Trump vote has been a phenomenon for the past few election cycles.

A study from Columbia Business School found that among those who kept their choice a secret leading up to the 2016 election, two out of three went for Trump. "I think people recognize that that there is some kind of reputational cost of supporting Trump," says Columbia's Michael Slepian, who co-authored the study.

(Excerpt) Read more at axios.com ...

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1 posted on 11/18/2024 8:40:50 PM PST by thecodont

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