Numerous voters tell me the death of #RBG motivated them to vote this morning

[demmiblue]

One voter told me: “I was already anticipating on coming out to vote early but after the passing of RBG last night, I made sure I was here at 7:30 this morning...We need to come out to vote like our lives depend on it so that's why I'm here.”

Hundreds of people are already lined up to vote early in Fairfax County, spanning across the Fairfax County Government Center, and have been here for hours. Polls don’t open for another 30 min.

Numerous voters tell me the death of #RBG motivated them to vote this morning

Link to tweet

[elleng]

1. and the skies are blue, and air crisp.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[Ninga]

3. Thanks for posting. This was exactly what I needed to read at this moment.

[Budi]

4. Fear of suddenly facing a chilling reality does that.

Trump & Pence's KKKristian base is fired up as well.
There have to be a lot more of us than them.

The stakes are infinite..

[RKP5637]

5. Reality is finally setting in with more voters. This is serious stuff and if they sit on their butts

they will lose, big time.

[rso]

6. Rbg

That’s very good, but we were already going to win Virginia anyway. I’d like to see such sentiment in States like Florida, North Carolina, Ohio etc..

[Hstch05]

17. VA's

early voting started yesterday. The numbers, even before Justice Ginsburg's death, have been unprecedented according to the local registrars. This was VA's first election with expanded 45 day early voting. The legislature also voted to make Election Day a state holiday and removed the need to show photo ID at the polls. It shows what happens when your state flips from red to blue and both houses of the legislature go Democratic.

As for the other states you mention:
Ohio starts on 10/6 and runs through 11/2
NC starts on 10/15 and runs through 10/31
Florida starts on 10/24 and runs through 10/31

If you know people in these states, encourage them to vote early in person!

[spooky3]

20. So would I. I still can't figure out what is wrong in Ohio. There are several large urban areas

there that should be mostly blue (Cincinnati somewhat less so as it is right across the border from redder-than-red Kentucky.

Voter suppression? But that wouldn't explain the close poll results now.

Fox News effect?

[bucolic_frolic]

7. RBG, Rainmaker

if we get .3% more, it's all to the good

[Colleen8406]

8. I hope this motivates everyone

We need to be reaching out to every dem senator demanding they do whatever it takes to block a nominee vote, and continue working as much as possible to get people to vote. It’s beyond time to fight back.

[sandensea]

9. +1

For anyone not too motivated by issues of rights or choice, the chances of another Bush v. Gore - even if Biden wins both the popular and electoral college by double digits - just went up 10-fold.

[Salviati]

10. It's certainly motivating people to donate

The rate of donations on ActBlue over the last 11 hours is almost 4x the average rate of donations during August, which was already stupendously high.

Average rate of donations:

Aug 2020 ~$10,000/min

Aug 2018 ~ $2,400/min

Aug 2016 ~ $825/min


For the last 11 hours, since I've been watching the average rate of donation has been $38,000/minute

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. I do hope the newly motivated voters are all Democrats.

[demmiblue]

12. I'm guessing that they mostly are, or else there wouldn't be this:

Link to tweet

Assholes.

[sarge43]

13. They're not just assholes (their default), they are criminals

They should be treated as ones.

[tblue37]

25. They're wearing masks. nt

[DaisyTom]

14. Schumer to Dems this morning: "Nothing is off the table."

Link to tweet

[BootinUp]

15. Thats good to see. nt

[AZ8theist]

16. Including a strongly worded letter?

Actions speak louder than words, Chuck.

[spooky3]

21. What do you want him to do today? nt

[DaisyTom]

23. I'm glad Dems are not being shy about putting the threats out there

yes we WILL pack the courts, GOP, and then all your fuckery will be for nothing.

they're hoping we will cave...

not this time.

[AZ8theist]

30. I would check the batteries on your sarcasm detector

[spooky3]

31. Why don't you use :sarcasm: when your post is unclear? Nt

[AZ8theist]

32. Didn't think I needed to..since

I'm the most sarcastic poster on DU.

[AZ8theist]

33. or at least in the top 10...

[spooky3]

34. Sorry, I don't stalk people. There are people

Who think Schumer has the power to stop McConnell now. I would like to hear from them exactly what Schumer can do. I hope they are right, so I would like one of them to explain to me what those steps are.

[AZ8theist]

35. Right now, there's not a damn thing he can do.......

So, hence my sarcastic remark about sending a strongly worded letter. It accomplishes nothing.

That being said, I am sick to death of the impotence shown by our leaders. How many subpoenas have been ignored?
Congress has the power of inherent contempt. FUCKING USE IT!!!

These anti-American TRAITORS need to be locked up.

[barbtries]

18. She is still doing good.

i can hardly express the amount of disgust and hatred i have for mcconnell, trump, and republicans at this moment.

[Le Roi de Pot]

19. Wonder how many of those weren't motivated in 2016

Because the thought this this might happen over the next four years never crossed their minds.

[spooky3]

22. Fairfax Co is reliably blue and huge - it put Clinton well over the top in VA in 2016. nt

[yellowdogintexas]

24. If Fairfax and a few other large population counties

go heavily for Biden he should carry the state.

[spooky3]

27. Trump has NO chance here. The polls show him down by double digits.

And you might like this:

https://www.insidenova.com/news/regional/fairfax-county-projects-up-to-turnout-for-election/article_c97c4b02-182c-11ea-b2df-732987a8110b.html

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

26. I will be voting as soon as I can

Ballots are supposed to get mailed out a month before the election where I am. There will be three votes in my house for Biden, Sara Gideon (Susan Collins opponent), and Rep Jared Golden as well as re-electing the dems in Maine state legislature.

[spooky3]

28. Excellent!!! nt

[UTUSN]

29. K&R for, *OUR* voters are being referenced, I presume?

[Cha]

36. Rt!