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[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 178 points 4 months ago

Polls don't mean shit. Vote. Write in your fucking grandma for all I care but vote, and bring your friends. Make a party of it. Or sign up for mail in ballot if you still can, and tell your friends, family, strangers in the grocery line, coworkers, scream into the black void. VOTE.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 52 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Uh don't commit voter fraud wtf

Edit oh you probably mean grandma for president. I'm in

[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

Yes I was referencing a standard write in ballot with <Grandma's Name> being the independent candidate

[-] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 28 points 4 months ago

Illinois just mails me a ballot before every election. Super convenient, it’s a shame more states don’t do it.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 26 points 4 months ago

They mean something but there’s a thing called polling error, which news outlets studiously ignore.

The race is essentially tied currently. The danger of the new reich is very real.

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[-] Kushan@lemmy.world 146 points 4 months ago

But confusingly, Trump has continued to send Vance out to campaign events all week, while the Republican presidential nominee has remained largely out of the public eye. Given Vance’s low appeal, it’s unclear how this strategy helps the campaign.

Trump is going to blame Vance for the failure of his campaign, calling it now. He'll have the usual shit about dems as well, but he's going to scapegoat vance and throw him under the bus just like he's done with literally everyone else before him.

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 38 points 4 months ago

I can't wait for Trump to refer to the couch fucking.

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 33 points 4 months ago

He's a low energy guy. Low energy. I heard some rumors about couches and JD. Nasty rumors. Rumors are sometimes true.

[-] cranakis@reddthat.com 15 points 4 months ago

Everybody's saying it...

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[-] quafeinum@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago

Can’t wait for him to run again in 4 years

[-] ganksy@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

Hopefully he does and plagues the GOP for the next 3 cycles.

[-] Tilgare@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

After trying to have his last Veep hung, I'm not really sure why anybody would think it would go any different for them. I guess he found another thoroughbred narcissist to join him this time. "It couldn't possibly happen to me."

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[-] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 14 points 4 months ago

I don't quite understand this reasoning, though, since he would never acknowledge losing anyway and his freedom may rely on winning this election.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 months ago

That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. <----- And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did, you deserved it.

That's why. He'll jump to number six after he loses, saying the GOP didn't support him enough and they deserved to lose.

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[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 85 points 4 months ago

trump knows that winning by votes is off the table. he doesn't care. votes and vice presidents don't matter when your plan is to take over by force

[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago

He's going to find that a tall order when he's not an elected official this time.

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 57 points 4 months ago

his muppets in congress, state legislatures, and trailer parks will be doing everything for him. like before, the only thing trump will do is shout "election fraud" every 5 seconds

[-] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago

I don't think it will work. Governors certify the votes, and every swing state except Georgia has a Dem governor. And the governor of Georgia hates Trump.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

It's getting really hard to claim fraud the more Republicans that are coming out against him. If he loses the popular vote by 10-20 percent, that is a real big percent to claim was fraud. But then again if he loses the popular vote by 10-20 percent and he gets the courts to overturn the election there are going to be some riots to get us to abolish the electoral college bullshit.

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[-] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Look, I hear what you're saying. I'm disgusted by the way Trump faced almost no repercussions for January 6th with so much damning evidence against him.

Last time he literally tried to have his own VP killed by a mob working under his direction while he sat and watched Fox News and refused to respond to the Capitol being attacked.

Even if he tries that again, Biden will call out the National Guard immediately, and I imagine that they will be prepared for a repeat attack this coming January anyway.

Things will not go down the same way again.

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[-] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 72 points 4 months ago

Looks like people are ok with an old racist rapist with dementia, but fucking a couch is where the line is drawn.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 33 points 4 months ago

It's not just that. Democrats finally found a way to message "these people do not deserve the benefit of rational debate; they deserve ridicule".

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[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

I'm just happy people are finally drawing a line.

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[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 64 points 4 months ago

Let's be real, JD Vance was picked by the party to be the adult in the room who can actually get Project 2025 passed under Trump since Trump doesn't care about Project 2025 and just wants what's best for himself at that moment and to be a petty little bitch

Also worth noting that Vance has no personality. When asked in Eau Claire, WI "why should a voter want to have a beer with you" he responded "uh I uh haha um I actually like beer haha" (he also tried to sidestep a question about Tim Walz by saying "we aren't talking about Minneapolis policy, were talking about Wisconsin" while literally standing 1 hour's drive from Minneapolis

And when asked "what makes you smile" instead of any sane answer he answered "insane questions from biased reporters like you!" Then followed it with waffling about how he loves his job so much while forcing the fakest smile you've ever seen

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[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 62 points 4 months ago

Good. Don't care. Behave like the polls show Harris two points behind. Get everyone you know to commit to voting. Offer to drive them to vote. Get them to bring their friends.

I'm genuinely thrilled to see Harris getting people energized and moving the needle, but complacency is our enemy.

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[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago

Donald is sending this hated guy around to campaign solely because Donald is a low-energy geriatric suffering from dementia. He is far too old to be president.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Wish people actually believed this, rather than just tossing it out as a barb. Wouldn't mind seeing a statutory requirement for Presidents to be under the age of 75. But it would never see the light of day in our gerontocracy.

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I got so much concern trolling for saying Biden was bad and should step down. People accused me of wanting fascism. They insisted I was naive and we should be standing behind Biden.

I just want to say to those people: you were wrong. Dumping Biden has wildly hurt Trump's chances, and you were the ones arguing against it.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 61 points 4 months ago

I was definitely one of those people that thought we should stick with Biden because his name was known, and that we were too close to the election to get a new candidate enough exposure to be competitive. It wasn't that I thought Biden was the best choice for president, just that I thought the timing was too tight.

I'm so happy to be wrong about this. The enthusiasm for Harris is fantastic, and she's doing great with the spotlight on her. The candidate switch has stolen the media attention from Trump and it's pretty clear he doesn't know how to handle it. Younger people are more interested in voting, minorities are more interested in voting, women are more interested in voting - it's fucking great.

I was wrong. And I couldn't be happier about it.

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[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 21 points 4 months ago

People disagreeing with you is not trolling

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[-] noride@lemm.ee 18 points 4 months ago

I am happy to admit I was wrong, I really thought Biden was the best shot this late in the race. I grossly underestimated how strong and positive the response would be for Harris, given her performance during her previous presidential run. It feels fantastic to be wrong.

With that said, I think it's a bad faith argument to lump all concern together as concern trolling. If enthusiasm had been weak, the shoe could have just as easily been on the other foot, with countless armchair politicians lamenting those 'fascist agitators' who convinced Biden to drop out, thereby handing Donnie Dipshit the presidency.

Hindsight is 20/20, I'm just glad we're still in this.

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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Won't anyone comfort j.d. vance through this difficult time? Anyone? Any...thing?

[-] slickgoat@lemmy.world 40 points 4 months ago

Ya fuck one couch, and everyone calls you a couch fucker.

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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago

Wow, really looks like little-t fucked the couch on this one.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

Don't believe polls, they don't mean anything. Go out and vote. It's not over till it's over. Otherwise we risk things going tits up again.

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[-] rodneylives@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

Doom is overstating things, especially with the fucking electoral college in the US and election shenanigans afoot in Georgia. Don't lose focus!

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[-] Upsidedownturtle@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Well, he's an election denying Maga billionaires' toady, that lacks any charisma, trashes where he came from and then hitches himself to someone he previously denounced in an effort to gain political power. Oh and he wants to completely ban abortion. He's an unlikable political opportunist. It's no wonder that the publics opinion of him will continue to drop.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago

Polls in August never "spell doom" for anyone, but especially when the other candidate has only been in the race for 3 weeks. There is no certainty that the poll numbers will maintain as people learn more about the candidates.

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