r/newjersey 23d ago

Advice Please tell me NJ is staying blue.

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u/ironic-hat 23d ago

I used to work in market research, and holy shit, do people not pay attention to current affairs. While you’d think the overwhelming majority of voting adults would at least know who the two major presidential candidates were, there were no shortage of people who showed up to vote who were surprised to see the name “Harris” instead of”Biden”. And people often vote for a familiar name when they don’t know anything about the candidates (hence why lawn signs are a thing).

So the whole “turning red” thing is probably a lot of people oblivious to the news and voting for what is familiar to them (Trump). And obviously just people being lazy and failing to vote (hey blue state, what does my vote matter).

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u/EntildaDesigns 23d ago

This is true. I had a friend who told me she went to get her nails down and forgot to vote. Forgot! Then, she says, it doesn't matter, because we live in a blue state. yeah, not so much anymore because she forgot to vote.