Turnaround since vice-president took election frontrunner spot from Joe Biden described as ‘astounding’
  • style99@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

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

    • Pronell@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      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.

    • MTK@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Don’t forget about the whole “probably a pedophile who wanted to fuck his daughter since she was a child”

    • x4740N@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 months ago

      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

      • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
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        2 months ago

        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”.

  • daraul@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    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?

      • daraul@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        The impression I keep getting is that these people do not feel like she’d be a good president, but I don’t know why anyone thinks that. One person did tell me Trump “literally gave me money” when he was in power, so I don’t know what to think lol

  • littlecolt@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Do not forget that Hillary was beating Trump in most polls before the 2016 election.

    Never forget.

    • Telorand@reddthat.com
      1·
      2 months ago

      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.

  • rickdg@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Then they’ll say that such an overwhelming victory shouldn’t have been possible and not legitimate.

      Anyway, I still say we blow 'em out at the polls.

  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • hglman@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      This is why voting reform is the most important issue of our times.

    • GiddyGap@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 months ago

      In fact, the lead is only erased if people actually show up to vote. Otherwise, it’s still there.

      • ATDA@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        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.

  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    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.

  • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • hydrospanner@lemmy.world
      0·
      2 months ago

      It’s worth keeping in mind that:

      A) The only poll that matters is the one on Nov. 5th

      and

      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.

      • rekorse@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        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.

        • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          (An old sign a friend of mine had)

          No Soliciting

          • We are too poor to buy anything.

          • Yes, we know who we are voting for.

          • Yes, we have found jesus.

          • Unless you are selling Thin Mints, please go away.

  • nifty@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    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/

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
      1·
      2 months 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!”