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How to flip a Trump voter without trying

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Erica Etelson
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What are the things that most draw you to Trump? Though somewhat open-ended, the answers to this question will help you determine what other questions to ask.

How would you compare Reagan as President to Trump?

Bullying:

Have you ever noticed Trump attacking people's looks or intelligence if they ask him a question he doesn't want to answer or if they disagree with him?

Did you see the video of Trump mocking the disabled reporter? What was your reaction? What would you say to your child if s/he treated a classmate like that?

Do you remember when Trump said that if Hillary Clinton gets to pick her judges, there's "nothing you can do folks" and then said, "although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know." Did you think that sounded at all like a veiled threat or not? Do you think anyone out there might take that as an invitation to shoot her even if that's not how he meant it? Would you feel different or the same way if he said something like that as President?

I read about a girls' soccer game where the home team fans were yelling "Build that wall" at the other team which was mostly Latina and black, and the girls were so upset they weren't able to finish the game. How do you feel about fans shouting "build that wall" to kids on the other team? If Trump were President, do you think there would be more or fewer of these kinds of incidents?

Bigotry:

How do you react when Trump takes positions that ban entire groups of people from being in the US, like sending all Mexican immigrants back to Mexico and allowing no Muslims to enter the US?

For someone who is very educated, you could ask, "Do you think Trump ever suggests solutions, like building a wall to keep immigrants out, because it's a simple solution and it gives him a way to avoid discussing the more complicated political and economic issues we face as a country?

What's your reaction to neo-Nazis calling Trump their "fearless leader"? Why do you think they're saying that? (If you need a refresher on white supremacists' love affair with Trump, check out this timeline compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center).

Have you seen Trump do or say anything that you believe was insulting to women? If so, to what degree do you think that would matter if he were President? (Note how this is different from asking, "How do you feel when Trump insults women's appearance?" which is more leading).

Fraudulence:

When you see Trump's lifestyle--private planes and penthouses and his name in gold and all that--does that make you believe he's very competent and could lead our country well and that it means he would do more for you? To what degree, if any, do you think it's possible that he is more invested in lining his own pocket and having power over other people?

Do you think that people who have been left behind in the global economy deserve a bigger slice of the one percent's pie or a bigger slice of poor and middle-class people's pie? Can I show you a really funny short video about this?

Did you know that when Trump said he'd make sure no one paid a "death tax," that he was giving a tax break only to the wealthy? Stop there for reaction"t hen let them know that the estate tax only applies to people whose estates are worth more than five a half million.

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