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Pennsylvania Dems Are Voting For Trump Because Party ‘So Far Left,’ County Councilman Says

Tim Pearce
Pennsylvania Dems Are Voting For Trump Because Party ‘So Far Left,’ County Councilman Says
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A Republican councilman for Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County says that the shy Trump vote is real and could be significant in his state.

So-called shy Trump voters, or voters who do not publicly support President Donald Trump yet intend to cast ballots for him anyway, were thought to be one of the reasons that Trump beat most professional predictions and won the presidency in 2016. The same phenomenon is at work this election, though it remains to be seen whether it is enough to push Trump to victory over Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

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