# Is the SDMB an echo chamber?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190 "2016-11-09T13:40:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190/71 "2016-11-09T22:12:18Z")

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I guess everyone is dropping "I told you so"s everywhere so I will do this one again!

> [@Why I would vote for Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-would-vote-for-trump/744398/15):
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> Trump thinks the crowds are cheering him on in support of his outstanding position. It’s more like a crowd that gathers when someone is threatening to jump off a bridge. They aren’t there because the like the jumper.

> [@Why I would vote for Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-would-vote-for-trump/744398/16):
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> That is as easily as delusional as any Trump supporter you imagine. Get a grip on reality, he is speaking and connecting with actual people. The people cheering aren’t all doing it ironically. Ignore this at your peril.

> [@Why I would vote for Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-would-vote-for-trump/744398/24):
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> Pfffttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.

Bubble thinking!

Eta: full disclosure, I believed the polling and thought a Clinton win was going to happen. But I was never under the illusion that Trump support was an illusion.

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