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“Which do you think will win, Trump or Byden?” Now that the US presidential election is just around the corner, many more people, both Republicans and Democrats, say “Trump” when asked. Let us share with you the voices from the Trump supporters rally in New York, which has an overwhelming majority of Democratic supporters, and Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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Weiden supporter (right) who lives in an upscale residential area in Queens, New York. On Halloween, I put candy in a cylinder and gave it to a child (left) (October 2020, photographed by the author)
“I want you to win, but you win …”
“Which do you think will win, Trump or Byden?”
We asked participants at a rally of supporters of Mr. Trump on October 26, 2020 in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Unsurprisingly, almost everyone claimed that “Trump will win.” Furthermore, many of them were confident that they would “overwhelmingly win”, “naturally” and “there was no question”.
Meanwhile, I asked the same question last weekend before the presidential election in Manhattan, which has an overwhelming majority of Democratic supporters.
In the presidential election four years ago, 19% of people in New York City voted for Trump. In Manhattan, it was only 10%.
Most people say “I hope”.
However, when asked again, “I knew you wanted to win, but which one do you think you would win?”, Most people answered “Trump.”
Some answered “I don’t know”, but very few answered with confidence “Byden”.
“Now neither the polls nor the media believe.”
South of Central Park in New York, there is a condo called “Trump Park” owned by Mr. Trump. I asked a woman in her 50s who was standing in front of her. He lives in this Trump-owned building and looks rich so he may be a Trump supporter.
“I want you to defeat Byden. We are campaigning to remove ‘Trump’ from the name of this building.”
“How shocked and shocked I was four years ago. There was no question that Hillary would win. New York was like going to sleep the next day.”
“I’m telling the polls and the media that they have the Byden advantage,” he said. “I no longer believe in the polls or the media. Four years ago, I said that Hillary had the upper hand until shortly before the election. I had a pain because I believed in the polls and the media.”
“Unfortunately, I feel like Trump will win. Trump’s supporters are fat. Even with so many deaths in Corona, they don’t think it’s Trump’s fault,” he said.
I asked the same question to a black woman in her thirties who was cleaning the subway platform.
“Which will be the president does nothing for blacks. Some people think that if they become Byden, the tax will go up and they will go to Trump. I don’t like Byden either. But I have to pick one, so I will vote for Byden, the better of the two bad guys. “
When asked “Who will win?”, He answered “Trump” without hesitation.
Still, when I asked about 10 people in line to vote early at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, only one man said he would vote for Trump. The rest were Mr. Byden.
Many people who do their own business, such as Indian Americans (30 years old) who run souvenir shops in Chinatown, support Trump.
And more than half of the people who spoke in uptown Queens, New York, were Trump supporters.
This day was Halloween (October 31). To prevent corona infection, two families put candy in a cylinder about 2 meters long, dropped it, and gave it to their children. One pair supported Trump and the other supported Byden.
When I asked a woman who was an assistant principal of a passing public school, “Do you support Trump?” She replied, “My mother is a supporter.” Those who avoid her opinions and respond like this are usually “hole cards,” admitting that she does too.
“But of course I can’t talk about it at school,” he says.
All Trump supporters who spoke in the area, including women, said “Trump will win.”
I don’t know what will happen until the “declaration of victory”
Democratic supporters who say “Trump will win” may have “betrayed the trauma” in polls and media expectations four years ago. The existence of “hidden cards” was great too. For that reason, you can be more cautious when answering.
Many of them have a sense of crisis and say, “Even if we win democratically, the Republican Party will end up cheating or flirting and will not accept the loss.”
On the other hand, the Republican Party is also concerned that “the vote by mail proposed by the Democratic Party for fear of the spread of the new coronavirus is fraudulent.”
I don’t know what will happen until victory is declared. Both camps need money to keep fighting.
From the Democratic and Republican camps, multiple messages and emails were sent every day until just before Election Day, calling “Mitsy (my nickname).”
The Democratic Party has asked for supporters by email and phone, and the Republican Party has called for participation in supporter rallies held across the country until just before the election campaign, but many still ask for donations.
I received this email from the Democratic Party under the name “Mr. Barak Obama.”
“This is an unusual choice. From now until the moment the winner is declared, we need the money to prepare for what happens. Mitzi, this is the last email I send you before the election. This campaign What we’re dealing with to achieve will affect future generations. Like me, Mitzi, I hope you are proud of it. “
The Republican Party said in a “last donation request”, “The Democratic Party is trying to win this election the dirty way. You have to ask for your donation to protect the results and secure the funds to continue fighting after the election.” “No”, “We cannot allow Byden and Kamala to destroy this country”, “Let’s fight for your country!”
On behalf of Vice President Mike Pence, “I am in a critical situation, so I am sending a message. To win, I have to significantly increase my electoral funding.”
The election finally ended. What will happen in this country from tomorrow? Only God knows. I have never looked back on Presidential Election Day with such anxiety.
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++ Profile of Mitsuyo Okada
Okada / Mitsuyo Writer / Essayist
Born in Tokyo. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University and earned a master’s degree from New York University. After working as a local newspaper reporter for a major Japanese newspaper, he travels back and forth between Japan and the United States, describing the daily life and pains of American citizens. He has also lived in the western part of the United States. Bunharu Bunko’s essay series “The Magic of New York” has a cumulative total of 400,000 copies since the first in 2007. The series is completed by the ninth series “The Magic of New York Never Ends” published on May 9, 2019. Other books include “American Family” and “New York Japanese Education Circumstances” (both by Iwanami Shinsho).
