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"During the pandemic, he became adamantly opposed to the lockdowns and considered voting for Trump in 2020"

But Trump supported the lockdowns. These voters are just as inconsistent as the standard Biden voter. These kind of profiles are really not that enlightening except to show that everyone has a mishmash of disconnected ideas about why they do what they do. Truth is no one really know their own motives but makes up reasons after the fact.

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Agreed. One of them even said he started making up reasons why Trump would be good. I'm sitting here wondering whether they even remember how Trump was as president.

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Trump wanted the lockdowns to end, and also wanted schools to re-open in Fall.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-insists-schools-open-fall-local-authorities-hold/story?id=71648610

"Trump is advocating for schools to safely reopen this fall to ensure our Nation's children receive optimal education and care. By supporting the resumption of in-person schooling, President Trump is standing up for the well-being of American children who need to get back in the classroom and working parents." - Aug. 12, 2020.

How'd that work out? As the FP has previously reported, many felt they had to oppose Trump at every turn, so...not well. "Distrust of the president and his motives hardened the conviction of some educators that teaching in person was unsafe, helping drive union opposition." From https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/us/trump-schools-reopen.html

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I just read through this article again and it makes even less sense on second read. The only knowledge gained by cherry picking a handful of voters is knowing how a handle of voters are justifying their vote. To suggest it describes a meaningful trend about the national vote is nonsense. God help us if Free Press keeps posting this kind of useless vox pop drivel between now and November. I didn't escape mainstream bubble for this.

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