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		chubot on Nov 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump wins presidency for second time Hm that's kind of interesting, what's your source for this phenomenon? It sounds plausible, but I haven't seen anyone discuss it

ak_111 on Nov 6, 2024 [–]

It is well known phenomena:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama%E2%80%93Trump_voters

although anecdotally most people know people personally that voted Obama then Trump. Obama was very much a populist outsider in his original campaign, he even pioneered devious social media ad targeting.

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