• Psythik@lemmy.world
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      I filled out my ballot over a week ago. Two more days until polling locations open in my town, and I will be among the first in line. (It’s a mail-in ballot but I am not taking any chances with everything going on. I need to see evidence of my vote being counted.)

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      It’s one thing for a person to say something this dumb, but who are the 26+ other people who upvoted it???

      Really? It doesn’t matter unless approval is 0%? Something that has literally never happened and is essentially impossible?

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    Doesn’t matter.

    They are very clearly open to cheating.

    Which means we have to show up in larger numbers to offset the cheating.

    Stop [fill in the blank] and go vote when the time comes. No excuses.

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    I’m ao sick of this headline. It’s been hitting a new low every week for the past 2 years. You’d think it was at 0 by now, if you were to believe this bullshit headline.

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    41% of the surveyed would still vote for this madness and 8% are undecided or too embarrassed to admit how they would vote. 49-51 with a margin of error is not a winning split, it’s a deadlock at best. If you want change, change requires action and the simplest action you can take is voting. This isn’t a high obstacle or a difficult choice.

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    Just 36 percent of likely voters said that they approved of Mr. Trump’s performance, while 59 percent said that they disapproved.

    That’s still more than 1 out of 3. Still wayyyyy too high.

    But that’s at the Bush line (or the Dick line) or the Sarah Palin floor…unless something really systemic changes in this country, we are probably stuck with about that percentage of Americans being just that fucking terrible and/or stupid to support conservatives.

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      The lowest I’ve seen was 33%. Like literally, 1/3 is the floor.

      1/3+ of the people in this country are awful people, and even after Trump is gone we’re supposed to just live side by side with them?

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      NDP in Canada became the official opposition in Canada under Jack Layton. Some percentage of people just are drawn to decisiveness, and the dem establishment is just not that.

      My point is the floor is lower than 1/3, dems just don’t put up leaders who can crack it. Real floor is probably around 1/4

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        That was one of the most corrupt moments in Canadian politics. The NDP popularity was 100% due to his personal appeal. He knew that he was dying and would never sit as opposition leader for any amount of time, but he kept it secret and let people vote for him.

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    “Unnamed democratic opponent” will perform better against Trump than any actual candidate the DNC eventually choose to excrete onto the podium.

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      He’s names not there, but his policies are, and if the congress turns blue, he could be removed from office after his third impeachment.

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        Removing him from office is a fantasy.

        You would need 67 senators to vote in favor. Current polling suggests 52 Democrat senators is the most likely outcome

        Where would you get the other ~15 votes?

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      He literally told his base to vote like he is. We should all make sure everyone gets that message, because Trump is deeply unpopular

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    Fake news. USA loves him. This is nonsense to keep the left in line and “hoping” things will “get better at the midterm”