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> I think the name-calling really hurt them.

This was also the biggest problem of the Remain camp pre-Brexit.

It was too easy to label Leavers as stupid/racist/xenophobic, and that was a huge mistake.

Not everyone who voted for Brexit was a racist, but every racist voted for Brexit. - Bill Bragg

Pretty sure this would work with "Trump" instead of "Brexit".

> Pretty sure this would work with "Trump" instead of "Brexit".

What do you want racists to do? Not vote? They're gonna vote for somebody after all.

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