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In It to Win It

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Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:26 PM 6 hrs ago

We Talked To Trump Voters Who Went Socialist. What We Heard Will Shock You. - More Perfect Union




A full 10% of NYC Trump voters turned around and voted for Zohran Mamdani.
So we went to talk to them.
These voters are done with the status quo. One New Yorker told us: "As Americans, we can realize it's not Republican versus Democrat. It's more of like a class war."
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We Talked To Trump Voters Who Went Socialist. What We Heard Will Shock You. - More Perfect Union (Original Post) In It to Win It 6 hrs ago OP
I'm a lefty, not a liberal, so I know exactly how it happened Warpy 4 hrs ago #1

Warpy

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1. I'm a lefty, not a liberal, so I know exactly how it happened
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 02:21 PM
4 hrs ago

In 2015, Bernie Sanders ran a strong campaign. On the stump, he was a rock star, people loved what he had to say. Unfortunately, the party stalwarts did not and Clinton won enough party caucuses to take the candidacy.

That pissed off a lot of people who then went out and voted for Fatso because the system had gotten so topheavy and corrupt that throwing a Molotov cocktail into the middle of it might be the only way to convince Washington there needed to be some changes made.

These are the 3 time MAGA voters who voted for Mondani. I understood these people although I disagreed with them.

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