A widely shared perception of a rapdily approaching and inevitable Blue Tsunami

[Tom Rinaldo]

is our best public defense against any threat of election theft. Trump is trying his best to assert confidence now in the opposite, a Republican victory strong enough to regain the House. This on top of his claims that the only way he can lose is if the election is rigged against him. These are political mind games laying the groundwork for a power grab. In order to blunt or even reverse Democratic gains in the upcoming 2020 election, by "less than legitimate means", it is imperative that Republicans push the narrative that a victory for them still remains within grasp. And, in my opinion, it is imperative that Democrats exude confidence that the nation is turning toward Biden and away from Trump.

We no longer exist in the political landscape that dominated the latter half of the 20th century. Many of us now share a growing fear of possible vote manipulation on a scale large enough to reverse the results of a fair election. In prior decades a side that was leading in the polls often saw an upside advantage in downplaying their lead to the public, the better to boost voter turnout for their side through the fear that the outcome rested on a relative handful of votes, so that no one could afford to "sit this one out."

There is still some truth in that political creed, but it now needs to be balanced by an updated reality. We know Russia will do anything it believes it can get away with to help Donald Trump remain in office, possibly up to and including manipulating vote tallies. Meanwhile we also know that voter motivation on our side remains white hot, regardless of whether Democrats or Republicans are favored to win locally. Personally, I have far more fear of the potential deadly consequences of allowing a political narrative to grow that this election "can still go either way" than I do of lulling Democratic voters into complacency by feeding the public perception that Trump is headed toward a resounding defeat.

[DonaldsRump]

1. Very well stated

We need to say we are going to wipe them out but we all must vote to make that a reality on THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 3. Not the morning of November 4 or thereafter. Remember: TNON3=The Night of November 3

[beachbumbob]

2. 2018 is the testimony of what happens when you poke a

sleeping majority into the ANGRY majority. We who reflect the center-left of America are the majority of the country and decades of complacency in state, local and national election led us to 2016. In 2018 we saw the blue tidal wave and nothing has slowed it down. We are piling it on and if we come out the way EV has, we will breaker the 1960 record.

[empedocles]

4. Right. Getting a majority is the important thing. The blue and red media maps promote the blue

wave thing, but it may be a moderate wave, propelled in large part by an anti-redtrump wave.

'Blue Tsunami' may scare some votes.

[Tom Rinaldo]

5. I'm using political shorthand on DU

It isn't the descriptive term that matters, it's the growing sense that our nation is clearly turning away from Donald Trump and toward Joe Biden that matters.

[Walleye]

3. Agree. The main damage of the Comey letter was that it pumped new life into the trump campaign

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Be a part of history: VOTE!

[Demsrule86]

7. Well stated...I completely agree...

K&R

[Earthshine2]

8. Just now on MSNBC, they played a clip of Trump talking about a "red wave."

Alex Witt was laughing at it.

[MaryMagdaline]

9. K&R

[onetexan]

10. Hear hear! We can control the narrativ with our vote. Early voting turnout stats everywhere shows

Dems enthusiasm, as well as independents & republicans who are sick & tired of the horror of the con.
We will win this collectively!!

[Tom Rinaldo]

11. Let Republicans sink into depression

Depression suppresses the voting instinct. They don't deserve any lifelines from us giving credence to far fetched theories of there being a larger reservoir of previously untapped angry white rural male voters eager to reelect Trump than there is of disgusted younger multi-racial voters everywhere in America who will not repeat the mistake of allowing Trump to squeak into office last time.