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[–] 174 points 2 years ago (26 children)

Kamala should really be doing much better going against a despicable convicted rapist and a couch fucker.

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  • [–] 143 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    She will be.

    I'm increasingly confident about a blue wave this election. First multiracial female president in a time when bodily autonomy is under attack.

    And that's all without taking into account who and what she is running against.

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  • [–] 68 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Biden should have done better. Anyone who is not a rapist felon should be doing better.

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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    It's insane how much of politics comes down to vibes. Yeah Biden was too old, but I still can't fathom how many were ready to let Trump win just because voting for a tired grandpa "didn't feel good".

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    [–] 152 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Doesn't matter, vote anyway.

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  • [–] 98 points 2 years ago (21 children)

    Polls don’t mean anything if people don’t go out and vote, and tbh I don’t think Harris is leading in battle ground states enough to really say there might be a “blue wave”.

    Dems and allies may be in for a shock if they think Harris is a confirmed winner, from what I can tell it’s close and may remain close. Literally every vote may count https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/07/25/trump-harris-swing-state-polls-harris-trails-trump-in-most-key-battlegrounds-but-outperforms-biden/

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  • [–] 111 points 2 years ago (18 children)

    As a Non-American, the fact its a close race a fucking bonkers. You guys need to get your shit together.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It’s so hard, I live in a non-swing state that is very heavily republican. I have conversations with these people daily. They all want the same things as me, have families, great values, and are genuinely great people. But as soon as politics comes up they shut down. It’s only republican or nothing else. I don’t know if what a candidate in states like mine believe matters anymore. It’s just what they have always voted and always will vote. Politics just lives almost in a different universe for these people. It’s so far removed sometimes it feels like a fantasy that doesn’t really change your daily life. There is just no way to have a productive conversation anymore. Terrible and makes me sad because I think if they really understood, they would switch their vote because they often are hurting themselves.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Pretty sure after 2016 nobody is assuming anything. Especially not when Harris is still behind Trump by 2 points. It would be insane to say "we're behind 2 points but that's within the margin of error, so good enough!"

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    [–] 74 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    The ear 👂 tampon made him look weak and reminded everyone that he lies about everything.

    Magically, zero damage to a “shot” ear 2 weeks later. Sure, Trump 😆🤣🤡

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    A week that occurred during the period where the GOP should have been experiencing their post-convention bump. The Democrats haven't had their convention yet, so that should give them another few points.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Go for overwhelming victory. Win with your vote and hit the streets to celebrate and show support. Make the inevitable attack against the election results sound ridiculous.

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago

    I will vote against donald trump.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    None of this fluff matters. Vote like fascism is knocking on the doors of the oval office.

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    [–] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Fuck the republican traitor filth.

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    I'm not American, so, to me, Kamala is the clear choice over a convicted felon. Americans I know are telling me she's "done nothing" and is "a waste of space". Why are people saying this?

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Sad trump, has dementia, his best friend is lab grown JD vance

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Just remember this picture everyone, no matter how good it looks right now. And YOU probably don't need to see this, but maybe you have friends who do. I have a few who will be getting this in a text message in October.

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    One thing worth noting about how much the devil is in the details.

    Arizona and Nevada are still leaning pretty solidly R at the moment.(Trump's hispanic margins have steadily gone up since 2016, dropping the wall focus helped a lot). Wisconsin and Michigan are the closest to going D albeit Trump still leans ahead. PA is in the middle and is the most important of the set. (North Carolina is the strongest R of all 7, and Georgia is the Libertarian Ex-Democrat Chase Olivers homestate which combined with Cornell West's strong focus there and the election commission shenanigans means those two are out of play barring some good luck and Roy Cooper being picked. Trump would have won Georgia in 2020 with no third party vote and those have leaned left since. I don't consider them swing states unless Andy or Roy are on board).

    In the Rust Belt Focus scenario(They pick Shapiro or Walz and make Pennsylvania the biggest focus as it's the most important state, and manage to finish ahead in all 3, at the cost of Arizona, Nevada, and the Southern States), the final score is 268-270. A win, but a damn tight one.

    Except...Nebraska. Nebraska is putting a law up in September to change the way their state distributes to be Winner Take All. If it goes through it would be passed in October, taking away one D vote from Omaha and giving it to R. (Maine has threatened to do the same if Nebraska does, but they wouldn't have it done til after the election if they did, not enough time). That would change the above scenario to a 269-269 decided by the current House...which is Trump run and even if it wasn't it's state by state and more than 26 states are safe red even in a blue wave scenario. Though it would leave the VP pick to the Senate, which is democrat right now, and while it couldn't be Harris due to her current spot anyone else would be came. So there'd be a very real chance of a Trump/Shapiro ticket which would be a dysfunctional nightmare and would have a massive chance of one of the two getting murdered.(I can't find a source if it's the current senate or the newly elected one as they get inaugurated seperately from the president, but if the senate falls which looks likely the Republicans can pick the VP, and while the House is leaning democrat due to it being state by state it would be R regardless).

    This ALSO happens in the reverse scenario, where the Dems focus on the Southwestern States with Mark Kelly(taking Arizona and Nevada) AND manage to put on enough pressure to take Wisconsin and Michigan(which are the closest and Kelly while he isn't a winning deal there is still better than nothing), but are unable to win Pennsylvania(which is a lot more red leaning and without Shapiro or Walz is probably going red). 270 - 268 win for Democrats...unless Nebraska changes the law in which case it's a tie, House picks, see above.

    The specific configuration of which states go where makes a tie super likely this year especially if Nebraska switches their rules(which isn't unconstitutional, they picked a weird unique system and they can unpick it, the other system is used by 48 states that's all above board. The scummy part is the timing as it would leave Maine without time to change their own system before the election and thus secure an extra R vote without an extra D vote from changing Maine). There are also tie scenarios in the event Nebraska doesn't change, namely the "Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia go blue, everything else goes Red" possibility if someone like Beshear or Cooper is picked ends in a 269-269 tie, as does a couple of scenarios where Maine-State swings Red(which it has come extremely close to more than once), turning narrow Blue wins into ties. And if those scenarios happened alongisde a Nebraska change they'd suddenly be 270-268 clean wins.

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Momentum is everything in politics.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    For those keeping score

    Trump when he thought he was going to lose in 2020 went and tried to go after voting rights by having mail machines taken offline

    This time he can't and is now falling behind. His underlings efforts and his rhetoric as we close in on the election will be voter suppression and intimidation

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