Trump showed his hand too early on mail in ballots.

[yellowcanine]

When people got wind of Trump messing with the USPS they made sure to get around the delays by voting in person early, using drop boxes, or requesting mail in ballots early and mailing them in right away. Trump is now forced to depend on a huge Trump voter turnout on election day which probably will fall short in most if not all of the battleground states. This will be cited for years as "how to lose an election 101."

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. Every instinct he has is wrong. Always.

[brewens]

4. It's like me picking someone on my fantasy football team. I could probably blackmail those guys.

Being on my roster almost guarantees a bad year or serious injury.

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. LOL!

[uponit7771]

8. +1

[11 Bravo]

49. I hear you. I drafted Saquon Barkley last year and this year.

I'm thinking of asking him for a couple of grand in order to leave him on the draft board next year.
(I also have Davonte Adams and Miles Sanders on my roster this year. Need I say more?)

[NJCher]

17. for him, the word "instinct"

translates to "gut." He thinks he's got the omniscient "gut."

And this is what happens in real life: he fails.

[moose65]

35. Yuck!

I don't want to think about all of the noxious stuff that gets churned through his "gut."

[patphil]

26. For Trump it's more like "in stink"

He always stinks things up.

[diverdownjt]

58. In stink...

Sounds like a really bad right wing band.........

[tinrobot]

37. "If every instinct you have wrong, then the opposite would have to be right"

I think Trump needs to take some sage advice from Seinfeld. It worked for Costanza.

[AZ8theist]

52. Yup, You're talking about the dumbest human being on the planet.

[BKDem]

65. Thank god he's a moron.

If he were smart, we'd be in re-eduction camps by now, singing songs of praises written by Stephen Miller.

[AZ8theist]

67. If he gets re elected...

That may come to fruition. And I will be crossing the Canadian border despite the ban on Americans.

[helpisontheway]

2. I hope you are right. Nt

[lagomorph777]

3. Yup - drove a few million extra voters out to vote early. Including myself.

I made sure to bypass Louie DaJerk's USPS as much as my state allows (they had to mail my ballot to me, but I returned it in person). I requested it weeks in advance, and returned it the day after receiving it. I did have to practice forging my own signature, because I'm basically incapable of signing the same way twice; had to match my 35-year-old driver's license signature. I spent about a day on practicing.

[Cirque du So-What]

10. It influenced my voting method too

I have mailed in my ballot several times, but not this time after finding out that numbnutz and his henchman were messing with USPS. I voted early in-person at the Board of Elections this time, short-circuiting attempts at election fuckery.

[olegramps]

15. I live in Florida. I mailed my ballot and checked the government site that assured receipt.

I will check the site to see that it was counted when the count begins. If not counted I will file be able to file a complaint and determine why. I really don't anticipate any problems. But the safeguards are in place to verify. It is absolutely ridiculous that we don't have universal balloting by mail.

One of the major problems with the election system is the control of Federal elections by the states that have been corrupted by crooked Republicans. Let the states control local elections, but Federal elections should be controlled by the Feds, not states.

We need some serious reforms of the entire system starting with laws that prevent the abuse of power by the president. Unfortunately, the Founders, especially George Washington placed a misguided trust in the honor of those elected to office. For them honor was the supreme mark of worth of a person. Unfortunately, many have show to be anything but honorable but to be dedicated contemptable hypocrites, liars and thieves.

[lagomorph777]

30. I dropped it off, then checked the government site to make sure they recorded it as received.

I'll check again on Deadline Day (what we used to call "Election Day.&quot Unfortunately, VA only allows the counting machines to be turned on after the polls close (but ballots may be loaded into them in advance).

[mentalsolstice]

42. I voted in Walton county, mine is already showing as counted. nt

[Lochloosa]

45. Counting began on the 22nd. Start checking. Mine were counted already.

[Dem2theMax]

51. I did the same with my driver's license signature.

And I renewed my license about two years ago. My actual signature hasn't changed at all. But when you have to sign it on one of those little screens at the DMV, good luck making it look like it does when you sign your name on a piece of paper.

[TwilightZone]

6. The bizarre thing is that his supporters are in groups likely to use mail-in.

That never made any sense to me. The only thing that I could think of is that he thinks that suppressing as many votes as possible is the best strategy, even if "his" groups are adversely affected.

[madeup64]

53. This so much

Here in Arizona Republicans of a long enjoyed advantage in mail-in voting. This is why even though the state has been long dominated by Republicans we have a fairly good vote by mail apparatus. Because our state has a lot of senior voters who are more likely to vote Republican. Obviously seen her voters are more likely to have physical and pediment that make it hard for men to stand in line and vote the Republicans knowing this pushed for mail-in voting.
How many elderly people are going to want to stand in line in to vote with the the virus raging across the country?
I bet you Jared said we got to worry about mail-in voting and didn't understand anything further about the long-term implications and Trump ran with it because he's a stable genius.

[Happyhippychick]

7. This is true for me. I requested absentee and drove to a ballot box, in years past I would have

mailed it.

[flying_wahini]

9. Yes and having an extra week to vote early has helped a lot, too.

Love that Gov. Abbott was taken to the woodshed by other Rep.s
after he approved it then tried to withdraw it and couldn’t.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. I agree

This was a massive mistake and his campaign has been trying to correct it by urging early and absentee voting in their YouTube ads for weeks.

[Auggie]

12. Fine, but that just means Trump's people are working other angles

[Sherman A1]

14. Yup

Exactly

[liberalla]

13. I agree with you, and thank dog he did!

[Roc2020]

16. Before Trump starting yapping about the usps

I was going to put my ballot in the regular mail. I put my ballot in a drop box the first day of early voting at the county's most popular early voting site. Line for in person voting at that site was ridiculous. (GA).

[Rice4VP]

18. I agree

Countless people have told me...I’m voting in person because I don’t trust the mail. The result is 10 hour lines in Georgia

However, people who did want to vote by mail have been quick in sending them in to avoid delays. That’s how Dems have banked so many votes

[DownriverDem]

21. Not me

We voted in mail in/drop off voting in 2018. I've done it twice and it's worked out fine. We just took our ballots to the City Clerk's office and put it in the drop box. It's already been checked in too.

[Rice4VP]

27. The only time that I go to the post office

is to mail my taxes and that’s a chore. I didn’t trust myself with a mail in ballot. For the first time, Virginia sent applications for everyone to request a ballot but they also had early in person voting. It started on September 18 and I voted on September 21. It took 5 minutes

[DownriverDem]

19. Which is why

the gun carrying nuts at the polls in Michigan are a losing plan. Millions of us have voted here in Michigan. A few elections ago MI repubs pushed their voters to vote absentee. Since 2018 we have mail in/drop off voting. So will it be mostly repubs at the polls looking at the gun nuts?

[jonstl08]

22. Let them try

I live in Missouri and we have our share of loons. Going to vote on election day. Was in the military and seen my share of protests overseas against us. Let these people try to intimidate me. They are chicken hawks and will back down when confronted.

[Rice4VP]

28. Yep, they will frighten their own voters

[smb]

38. Yep

One look at idiots who shouldn't be trusted with pointy scissors waving guns around and many of them will bail, MAGA or no MAGA.

[Buckeyeblue]

63. I'll be there...I wish Michigan had in person early voting like other states

But I will say our current SOC has done a great job of making early voting by mail easy.

[paleotn]

20. That last ditch effort probably won't work either....

He's been able to get his core demographic, white males without a college degree, to turn out in 2016 and 2018 in numbers not seen in decades. But he's also generated gargantuan turn out in all demographics that oppose him, thus the 2018 blue tsunami. And not much has changed in that regard since the mid terms. Sure, the dumb, racist mother fuckers will turn out, but we will overwhelm them once again.

[klook]

55. I agree 100%

Trump generates negative partisanship like nobody I’ve ever seen. Trump exemplifies the famous Tupac Shakur lyric:

“It’s crazy how the hate you give literally gives me life.”


- https://progressivefrontier.com/

[world wide wally]

23. When I read and hear about all the problems and challenges in voting this year,

I am so glad to live in Colorado (among other reasons). We have all mail in voting. I got my ballot in the mail and sat at home looking up the various judges and issues at my leisure. Then about 3 days later I brought my ballot to the local drop box where there was no line at all. We don't even have to request a ballot if we are registered to vote and our address is current.
Nothing could be easier.

[marlakay]

39. That is exactly how I voted in Oregon

Would be easy if all did it and on my pamphlet it said my state saved 1/2 million dollars doing it this way instead of in person.

When I read of people having to stand in line to vote for 8 hours it just makes me cringe and angry.

[Illumination]

24. It seems that Trump received the opposite effect he intended. Americans smelled a foul stench

in the air...They came out in DROVES to vote!...

[bucolic_frolic]

25. In 2016 Trump operated freely, no one questioned "Russia, if you're listening ...."

In 2020 everyone knew he'd be up to something and all the radar was turned on. He failed to operate in secrecy, and everyone reported everything everywhere quickly.

Democracy dies in apathy, silence, secrecy, fear. You can't have secrecy anymore, and surely not in America.

[BobTheSubgenius]

29. This was a factor, but I don't think it is "the" thing that cost him.

Almost 4 years of the most unbelievably terrible governance and a shockingly bad personality were big factors. Still are.

[C Moon]

31. I hope DeJoy does federal time.

[live love laugh]

32. 💯💯🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Duppers]

40. He & tRump should share a cell. nt

[madinmaryland]

46. Stick DeVos in there, also. And Barr.

[Duppers]

48. Definitely. 👍

Also Mnuchin? He was supposed to have turned over tRump's tax returns last year.

[uponit7771]

59. AMEN!!

[ananda]

33. Exactly.

That's why I used the drive-through option for my
mail in ballot.

[Wounded Bear]

34. IIRC, Carville said it last night...

If you tell people they can't vote, they will work harder and try like hell TO vote.

[Wounded Bear]

36. Actually, I think they were surprised how quickly it was all leaked...

and blown up in the news cycle.

[thesquanderer]

41. With mail-in voting favoring Dems, I hope for terrible weather on election day! (n/t)

[Buckeye_Democrat]

43. I hope Democrats don't let up.

I looked at the latest Covid map for Ohio, and two of the more densely populated counties that are reliable Democratic strongholds are almost at "Public Emergency" level now.

https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/2020/10/a-record-38-ohio-counites-placed-on-red-alert-for-cornavirus-spread.html

Meanwhile, rural counties with more plentiful voting precincts per population will probably vote without a care in the world.

I hope these kinds of infection spikes are not a trend in all of the battleground states. We'll still need voters on election day.

[LisaL]

54. Which is why I voted by mail.

It was long predicted that covid will spike in the fall/winter.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

56. I did too, but I'm sure many people...

... didn't plan ahead. Ugh.

At least many more Democrats have voted by mail.

The regions with the most infections are the more populated (Democratic) in Ohio, though. I just hope it doesn't help Trump win this state again.

[themaguffin]

44. I take some comfort that is flailing and having to do 30 rallies a day to try to catch up.

which also suggests that his cards are played.

I won't rest until

1 Biden wins

2 Biden is in office and the months in-between are not complete scorched Earth

[Hermit-The-Prog]

47. Mine went in a drop box today.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

50. If his base is waiting for election day to cast their ballots, he may lose a lot of

votes because of COVID deaths among his cult.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

57. Except then , if you don't trust him, you think, maybe he was

Throwing us off the scent? If he pans mail in, then he's pushing us toward machines ( which he has rigged). Or hell maybe it's mail ins he has rigged. Impossible to figure a crazy man out. Just gonna vote and hope it's not rigged.

[bucolic_frolic]

62. He's used the USPS chaos he created to motivate MAGAts and more racists

I still think we'll win, or hope we will, but it'll be a 2 point race in a lot of swing states.

[Ilsa]

60. I wonder how many of trump's voters will be sick

by election day. So many of them have been attending his orgy-rallies, spreading covid-19 like it was the clap.

[GoCubsGo]

61. Judging by this morning's headlines, he created a massive clusterfuck for himself in other ways, too

The shit is hitting the fan with the pandemic. How many of them will even be in any shape to make it to the polls 10 days from now? All I can say is that I'm glad I voted already.

[Grammy23]

66. The idea of holding rallies where people are jammed in cheek by jowl,

Exchanging cooties with wild abandon must have come from tRump himself. He has proven himself over and over not to be the brightest bulb on the tree. Leave it to numbnuts himself to devise a plan that almost certainly guarantees a few voters will be sick or dead by Election Day. He comes up with such cockamamie ideas and no one seems capable of talking him out of carrying them out. When the history books are written about this episode in our sordid tale, the historians will probably bust a gut laughing at the sheer stupidity of it all. At least that is how I’m hoping all of this plays out. 😳

My husband and I voted already, too. We had a standing order through 12/31 of this year to get our absentee ballots by mail. (Florida voter.) We got them one day, filled them out the next and my husband took them to the post office to mail. I have since checked and both ballots were received and counted. We had plenty of time to account for any delays in getting them delivered. So much for tRump’s devious plan to screw up mail in voting. He should have just kept his trap shut. I bet he is a lousy poker player, too.

[Blue Owl]

64. Most people missed it

Being so tiny and all...