# I don't understand what voters Trump could've picked up between 2016 and 2020

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**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [November 4, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-voters-trump-couldve-picked-up-between-2016-and-2020/924722 "2020-11-04T08:30:32Z")
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### Author: ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-what-voters-trump-couldve-picked-up-between-2016-and-2020/924722/106 "2020-11-05T19:53:31Z")

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> [@Sam\_Stone](#):
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> I think calling them ‘garbage people’ is a good start.

I think you’re missing a “not” in there. But I see what you’re getting at and I’m glad you responded. As fellow Canadians with more than a mere passing interest in American elections, perhaps we can show these people how to achieve comity to become a kinder nation, like Canada. 😉

So the left stops calling the right “garbage”. What advice shall we give the right given this recent instance?:

> **[Republican Madison Cawthorn reacts to becoming youngest member of Congress:...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/03/madison-cawthorn-reacts-winning-seat-congress-cry-more-lib/6155257002/)**
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> North Carolina Republican Madison Cawthorn will become the youngest member in Congress, a title now held by Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

I’m not using this as gotcha. I’m using this to illustrate that neutral ground is hard to find and the right does not make it easy for the left not to call them “garbage”. I get that the thin veneer of civility is nearly worn through. But why is always the left that needs to make a “good start”?

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