Politics & Government
Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton Early Voters: Don't Live With Buyer's Remorse, 'Change Your Vote'
Donald Trump wants early voters in certain states to change their vote from Clinton to him.
With just days before Election Day, Donald Trump has identified a new target audience to chase down votes: those who have already cast an early ballot for Hillary Clinton in a handful of certain states where it's possible to change your mind.
Indeed, the Republican presidential nominee is making an appeal to early voters who have buyer's remorse in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota by informing them through a social media campaign that it's not too late for them to change their minds and their votes.
"You can change your vote in six states," Trump posted on Twitter Wednesday morning. "So, now that you see that Hillary was a big mistake, change your vote to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
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You can change your vote in six states. So, now that you see that Hillary was a big mistake, change your vote to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2016
On Tuesday, Trump’s social media director, Dan Scavino, posted on Twitter:
Looking to change early VOTE/ABSENTEE in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, or Wisconsin!?Feeling duped? Despite reports you cant, you can! pic.twitter.com/GSXc6a3GVt
— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) November 1, 2016
At a rally in Wisconsin Tuesday night, Trump said he had a "special public service announcement."
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"This is a message for any Democratic voter who have already cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton and who are having a bad case of buyer's remorse — in other words, you want to change your vote: Wisconsin is one of several states where you can change your early ballot if you think you've made a mistake," said Trump. "We'll make America great again, OK? She is not going to make America great."
The Trump campaign's effort appears to be a hopeful attempt to take advantage of recent news that FBI Director James Comey revealed that investigators discovered a new batch of Clinton-related emails that the agency is currently reviewing. However, polling this week suggests that voters who were previously committed to Clinton remain so.
Last week, Trump began testing the waters on ballot changing while campaigning in Colorado, saying that voters "can check on [their] ballot to make sure it’s counted properly" because of an existing state government website where one can confirm their ballot was received.
However, Trump made an error in telling Colorado voters who do not trust that their early ballot was properly counted to go vote in person.
“They’ll give you a ballot, a new ballot," said Trump. "They’ll void your old ballot, they will give you a new ballot. And you can go out and make sure it gets in.”
But according to the Colorado Secretary of State Office, once a clerk has received a ballot, it cannot be changed.
In recent national polling, Clinton leads head-to-head match-ups against Trump, with the Democrat holding 47.2 percent support compared to 45.5 percent for the New York businessman, according to averages compiled by RealClear Politics.
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