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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2020 May 12;47:4–7. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.05.002

Table 1.

Nine types of people according to whom they would vote for in the U.S. general presidential election based on the Democratic nominee

Type Proportion Response type Description
1 p1 Committed Democrat Will vote Democrat regardless of the nominee. That is, they are “doomed” to vote Democrat [9].
2 p2 Committed Republican Will vote Republican regardless of the Democratic nominee. They are “doomed” to vote Republican [9].
3 p3 Sanders causes Democratic turnout If Sanders is the nominee, will vote Democrat. Otherwise, will not vote.
4 p4 Biden causes Democratic turnout If Biden is the nominee, will vote Democrat. Otherwise, will not vote.
5 p5 Sanders causes Republican turnout If Sanders is the nominee, will vote Republican. Otherwise, will not vote.
6 p6 Biden causes Republican turnout If Biden is the nominee, will vote Republican.
Otherwise, will not vote.
7 p7 Sanders swing voter If Sanders is the nominee, will vote Democrat. Otherwise, will vote for Trump.
8 p8 Biden swing voter If Biden is the nominee, will vote Democrat. Otherwise, will vote for Trump.
9 p9 Committed nonvoter Will not vote regardless of the Democratic nominee. Forcing the analogy, they are “immune” [9] to voting.