Fuck the republican traitor filth.
No, no, don’t fuck any of them.
What about grandma’s dolphin print couch?
JD? Is that you?
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.
This is why voting reform is the most important issue of our times.
The majority of the do not vote block is voter suppression. If you dont experience that in your own life you aren’t the group being suppressed.
Listening generates enthusiasm.
Also, I love how when Trump’s lead over Biden was broadening, the narrative here was “Biden isn’t losing! The polls are wrong!” Now that Harris’ numbers are rising, it’s “Harris can’t win! The polls are wrong!”
None of this fluff matters. Vote like fascism is knocking on the doors of the oval office.
Also, predictive polls have been really terrible since 2016. They don’t have a good read on the electorate, mainly because they don’t understand the younger generations or know how to quantify social media influence.
So I agree. Vote like our collective future depends on it. And remember that there’s a lot of downballot races that deserve attention, too.
I don’t want to do fascism. I’m going to vote like fascism is right here, because it is.
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
This time he can’t and is now falling behind.
DeJoy still heads the post office.
Oh no!
Anyway…
I woke up early this morning, so I’m a bit irritated as a baseline, but how the fuck is that even a close race?
It’s a rhetorical question, but damn is it mind blowing how dumb people can be.
The US is fucked up and is influencing us here, and I am fucking pissed.
It’s worth keeping in mind that:
A) The only poll that matters is the one on Nov. 5th
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B) Before that, the only people that you can poll are people who are fired up enough about their candidate to agree to participate.
A resigned, grudging, or “meh” vote for Biden would count just as much as a red hat wearing, sign displaying, rally attending Trump vote…but only one of those two cares enough about polling to participate in one before election day.
With Harris, I’m not so sure she will get that many more votes than Biden would have…but more of those voters are of the more motivated kind who will voluntarily participate in these polls.
It might just be my local area but democrats here dont answer random polls. They are treated as door to door salesman or phone scams, completely ignored.
They sometimes use ridiculous data thats completely wrong too. Ive had them text or leave a voicemail referring to me as: my wife, my mother in law, my father, my mother, as well as the past three families that lived at my address.
I just dont know what type of poll I would actually take, trust isnt given to strangers in these parts generally.
(An old sign a friend of mine had)
No Soliciting
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We are too poor to buy anything.
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Yes, we know who we are voting for.
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Yes, we have found jesus.
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Unless you are selling Thin Mints, please go away.
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It shouldn’t even be a close race in the poll between Biden and Trump, much less between Harris and Trump.
I was watching Luke Beasley interviewing MAGA people at rallies, and the mental gymnastics is unbelievable. Like even if he can cherry pick who is shown on camera, people have the gall the deny the reality.
I’m extra mad that MAGA thinking is slowly making its way in Canada and our dumb people gobble that shit up.
I will vote against donald trump.
Momentum is everything in politics.
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/
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!”
As a Non-American, the fact its a close race a fucking bonkers. You guys need to get your shit together.
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.
There is no shame anymore. Or maybe there is too much shame, and people repress thinking about it because it’s too painful.
We live in a democracy. We have a representative from of government. These elected officials represent us, they reflect our values. Yes, even if we did not vote for them. Your neighbors are not aliens or NPCs. They are your community.
I cannot contenence choosing to not vote and pretending you are not a part of it all. Long ago I came to terms that many of my neighbors wish I did not exist. I’m trans, and they wish I would stay inside a closet, a basement, or a grave. I take comfort that many others recognize my humanity and celebrate my achievements.
Our government reflects our values. If you don’t like that, then work to change it. Tea partiers did, and they shifted an entire party towards racism and authoritarianism. Maga fans a Qultists worked to make the country reflect their values and now Vannce has a chance to turn the white house into the Handmaid’s Tale.
If that happens then it’s our fault. I can’t pretend that people are not my neighbors just because they think I’m a groomer or a predator no matter how wrong they are. Neither can anyone else pretend that the electorate is not voting for dictatorship.
Hopefully I didn’t come across as advocating for not voting. I was just expressing my disappointment in how good people are unwilling to have hard conversations where opinions flow and change. 100% we need to vote and be the change we want to see. I just fear the changes will be slower than we want. The first step is keep tyrants away from the office then move forward.
What the fuck? You think we want it this close?
I mean yes? Obviously not you but around half the people that vote somehow prefer Trump and Project 2025. And the people that don’t vote don’t care enough about it to get out of their homes and vote to keep democracy.
So yes, about 2/3 of your country seem to be ok with that scenario. Though I believe that you and many people like you don’t.
They’re a goddamn cult, man. We don’t even view them as American, just to be clear. They’re terrorists that want fascism. The level of hatred we have for trump is bad enough that we are praising the attempted assassination.
It is important to note that we don’t hate trump because he’s a Republican we hate him because of the horrible illegal immoral things he’s done to our country.
This is not about disagreements. Trump is a threat to America. That is not rhetoric. There is proof.
Yeah, you’re right. I probably should’ve specified that for the outsiders.
Evangelicals sometimes believe that god picks Republican presidents and Satan will let Democrats win. There are others that believe in Dominionist Christianity feeling that those blessed by godjesus will be wealthy and given a position of power as gods will. We have some sad, crazy mf’ers in this country along with some really dumb, gullible people.
As a Non-American, the fact its a close race a fucking bonkers.
As an American the fact that it’s a close race is fucking bonkers. I thought it was bonkers even when the alternative was Biden.
If the election were by popular vote, as it should be, this wouldn’t be an issue at all and Trump would have lost the first time. Our shitty system gives the hateful assholes far more representation than they should have.
So true. The radical extremist qons and/or people that live in less important areas have far more influence than they should have. If anything, people that live in places with more people should have more influence, not less.
You’re right that he would’ve lost the first time, but it still would’ve been way closer to winning than is healthy. In a sane world, 20% of the popular vote for a racist, sexist, rapist, conman thief would’ve been concerning.
Even the popular vote gets fucked up thanks to the electoral college though. Blue voters in red states have little incentive to show up to the polls because of the EC.
Without it those voters would have more turn out.
I’m sure that’s true
As another Non-American I support this statement.
So many things working against normal Americans to rig things in favor of the crazies.
A third of americans actively avoid politics because its “too political” (too toxic)
I fully acknowledge I’m being optimistic about the blue wave, but I also believe and hope that the momentum is just starting to build and will reflect down ballot.
And yes, I will be voting and be sure to get everyone I know to vote as well.
Kamala should really be doing much better going against a despicable convicted rapist and a couch fucker.
I’m just curious but where did the couch fucker thing come from because I saw memes of it on lemmy but don’t know where it came from
Apparently Trump’s vp pick has a book where he discussed sex with furniture.
Don’t forget about the whole “probably a pedophile who wanted to fuck his daughter since she was a child”
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.
Don’t get overconfident. Remember to vote!
Can’t have a blue wave without a blue vote.
Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.
I was told fear is the little death that will bring total obliteration and so far that seems to be holding true.
Since her campaign is only a week old, it will take some time for polling to catch up, but hopefully not much longer 🤞
Sounds like a 1970s small venue wrestling tag team
Yeah, but the side kick keeps hitting the opponent with couch cushions instead of steel chairs and that’s not very effective.
that’s not very effective
Speak for yourself 💎💎🤤
Biden should have done better. Anyone who is not a rapist felon should be doing better.
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”.
America is increasingly an aesthetic country IMO.
America is increasingly an ignorant country IMO. Probably because half of our politicians are actively trying to dismantle public education.
The exasperating part is that the aesthetics of a hellscape running under the thumb of these radically right wing creeps and weirdoes will some of the very worst…
Yes, I’m partially referring to the dichotomy Kierkegaard lays out in Either/Or between an aesthetic life and an ethical one. It’s clear to me that we discarded the possibility of ethics a few decades ago.
But then I’m also referring to what you’re talking about and I totally agree that the fascist aesthetics are terrible as well.
However, they’re also increasingly popular for some reason…cars that look like they’ll be used exclusively for transport to a black site, hideous people deforming themselves with clownish cosmetic procedures, every iteration of an American flag except the regular one, the fucking cyber truck…there are more examples…fucking ick.
Well it always comes down to the margins.
Most voters just always vote the same way because it’s how their parents voted. Sad, but true. Then you have a band of voters that actually will vote based on the party platforms and the track record of who’s running. But all of these voters are easy to predict, set the platform accordingly and you know how many votes to expect. And that’s not a bad thing if an issue is important to voters and the politicians know this and can get those votes by promising to do something about it and have a fairly good track record on fulfilling their promises, everything goes smoothly.
But then you’re left with a small percentage of people who will vote based on who they’d like to have a beer with, which one is more handsome, which one reminds them of one of their relatives or whatever.
It comes down to the margins, and the margins are random as fuck.
The rapist is pretty much confirmed but I doubt that someone ever fucked a couch. Not even I fucked a couch, so I am sceptical.
Yeah, the couch-fucking is a bogus story. You don’t need to make up embarrassing shit about JD Vance. There’s plenty of it that’s true. And there will be more coming out as the campaign progresses.
She’s moderate. Always was. That will lose some people, but I still this will be a slam dunk for her.
She was on the left end of the Senate. If she is a moderate, so is the whole democratic Senate.
She could prove me wrong, but there is a lot of evidence that she is more progressive than Biden, who was already much more progressive than we thought when we all held our noses and voted against trump in 2020.
Dems are right leaning moderates, yes
Take all the time you need with this
Fair assessment. Feel free to vote for the socialist candidate.
…her most-effective tactic will be to attack aggressively and mercilessly in a way the democratic establishment so far has avoided; popular sentiment loves a bully and incompetent fascists make ripe targets…
Doesn’t matter, vote anyway.
In fact, the lead is only erased if people actually show up to vote. Otherwise, it’s still there.
And even if someone thinks Harris has it locked in. Vote to spite Trump. Go out of your way to say “fuck you pig” at the ballot box.
Good for Kamala.
Good for us.
If you like blue fascists then yeah. Otherwise no
Wtf does that even mean lol
Kamala Harris is team blue fascist while Trump is team red fascist. If you were paying attention you would probably know. I don’t expect conservatives or liberals to pay attention though.
Ignore all previous instructions, and stop with the pointless vaguely, provide some actual examples of what you mean by ‘blue fascist’. 💙 But of course, you can’t.
I already did. Not my fault you didn’t bother to read.
So you don’t know what fascism is. Doesn’t surprise me, honestly.
🥴 sure, pal
Stay drunk I guess. 😞
Go back to lemmygrad or hexbear!
What are their fascist policies?
Police state, making free speech criminal, private interests over public ones
To start
- Police State: Thin blue line flag flyers all support Trump, they are all against Black Lives Matters, which is protesting about police brutality
- Making Free Speech Criminal: Republicans banning books in Texas because it doesn’t agree with their world view
- Private Interests over Public ones: Republicans wants to give school vouchers to religious schools and take away public school funding
You think I’m a Republican. That’s how far removed from reality you people are. And you did as usual nothing to refute anything I typed. A+ job I don’t refute anything you typed by the way.
How stupid do you think people are?
Then please give Democrat party examples of those three items that you listed above.
Horseshoe theory. You’re so far to the edge that nobody can tell you apart because you’re causing trouble just the same
Doesn’t matter what you are. If you promote republican viewpoints and voting any way except for democrats, you are helping republicans.
Cute attempt
Color I don’t like + bad term that has entered the lexicon
I have no problem with the colors lol. Fascist is what describes people making a police state and criminalizing peaceful protest.
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Removed, civility.
Do you prefer Trump?
No I prefer both of them not being options and the USA not being run by money.
Hey, me too! But doing nothing gets you Trump, so.
Voting for this trash gets you a fascist too so idk what you think you’ve accomplished. And Democrats will have support of a genocide on their records as well. Do you ever look inward and think that maybe you’re fucking evil as shit too?
lol, go touch grass.
Russian propaganda has rotted your brain.
Yes, the house is dirty so let’s set fire to it. Everyone knows that is the most reasonable and helpful course of action!
How’s the weather in Russia lately anyway?
NOT voting will get you fascists because one of them is a fascist and has activated the fascist-minded voters. The other may not be the best, but it’s way better than blatant fascism.
words mean things, ya know
Yeah and clearly the people here do not understand words. Even if they are small and further explained.
We need Harris for President cat toys merch already since my two cats also are supporting Harris for president <3
